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The World that Wasn’t is a podcast that explores the What Ifs of history. What if the Germans won the battle of Britain? What if JFK had survived that fateful day in Dallas? What if China had colonized the new world? Each episode we will contrast an enthusiastic fan point of view on alternate history with an insightful opinion from a guest historian.

The World That Wasn't The World That Wasn't

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.6 • 24 Ratings

The World that Wasn’t is a podcast that explores the What Ifs of history. What if the Germans won the battle of Britain? What if JFK had survived that fateful day in Dallas? What if China had colonized the new world? Each episode we will contrast an enthusiastic fan point of view on alternate history with an insightful opinion from a guest historian.

    What if the Bullet Missed JFK?

    What if the Bullet Missed JFK?

    What if Lee Harvey Oswald’s bullet missed President Kennedy on that fateful day in Dallas.? What would the world look like after the unsuccessful assassination attempt? Join Jamie and Nick as they speak with Emmy Award winning journalist Jeff Greenfield and discuss how a new divergent point in history would affect The Civil Rights Movement, containment of Communism, and if the young president would or would not have won re-election.

    • 59 min
    Skull Session: What if Germany won The Battle of Britain?

    Skull Session: What if Germany won The Battle of Britain?

    Each episode of the World that Wasn’t comes with its own Skull Session, a companion piece that explores the themes and ideas of the previous show through fan feedback, message boards and books. In this podcast we hear what YOU think would happen if the Germans won the battle of Britain and also explore the alternate historiography - books, films and documentaries on the subject to get a fuller picture of the alternate events of 1940. With dramatizations of Kenneth Macksey’s book: Invasion, recaps of the operation sea lion war game at Sandhurst in 1974 and the plan by German state secretary Erhard Milch to invade Britain hot on the heals of the Dunkirk evacuation, this is a must listen addition to episode one.

    • 38 min
    Episode 1 : What if Germany Won The Battle of Britain?

    Episode 1 : What if Germany Won The Battle of Britain?

    On the 4th of September 1940 in a long address at the Sportpalast Hitler shifted the Luftwaffe’s attention away from military targets to focus instead on London and other major English cities in retaliation for the Royal Air Force’s night bombing raids over Germany. This shift in strategy would prove to be the unraveling of Hitler’s campaign to invade Britain, giving the RAF precious time to recover from the relentless bombing raids on airfields and manufacturing plants. While London took the full force of Hitler’s fury, the RAF were able to regroup, rebuild and remount a last ditch effort to drive the Luftwaffe from British skies. But what if this pivotal battle had gone a different way? What if Hitler had stayed the course and continued to bomb already exhausted military targets, gaining dominance of the skies over the last resistant force in Europe? What would the repercussions have been for the world if the RAF had lost The Battle of Britain?

    • 1 hr 13 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
24 Ratings

24 Ratings

Cispponi ,

Fun, fascinating & intriguing

Great job. Really enjoyed it. Keep em coming!

u gdvdhxhxgfdd ,

i like the show but pls make more

its been a pretty long time since you released episodes why?!

dashaas pdx ,

Great Podcast!

This is a fun and entertaining way to get a history lesson as Jamie and Nick set up the scenes that lead to their “divergent points”: from which the alternate history’s begin.
It’s well produced and they bring in guest historians to have lively discussions and debate about what the world may have been
if only...
Far from just geeking out on a past that didn’t happen, the show makes you think differently about the present and I predict will make you a little smarter in the process.
Well done! Can’t wait to hear more of these.

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