With the British and Dutch back under control of Rome and the Spanish taking France then the Ottoman empire would probably have been destroyed, presumably a Catholic invasion of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean would follow, almist a reverse of the Moorish invasion of the Iberian peninsula. Intriguing.

Alex is the history teacher we all wanted

What if the French and British shortened the line 1914 and the British landed near Hamburg, Germany after the sinking of the German fleet? (ie a conclusive Battle of Jutland)

Monarchy isn't an ideology. Monarchists dont have the semi religious drive to maintain other monarchies like you get with certain political fanatics.

I really appreciate your efforts! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?

With respect, the enlightenment will likely still have occurred, over a longer period and centred in the Islamic world and that will change everything…..

We needed WW2 to work out that anti Semitism was a bad thing.

Too many commercials.

1588, end of story, they lost. Everything is speculation as it nevef happened, What if, is null and void in the real world.

<Squeal> Christmas Day treat!

Myth, legend or reality, it really doesn’t matter….. Merry Christmas to all.

Using gasoline engines in the M4 Sherman series was for a practical logistical reason. Would the Sherman tank have burned less having a diesel engine? Maybe… but a hit tank was more likely have an ammunition fire. After WW2 the Army switched to diesel motors. I take that as a lesson learned.

Hope Mr. Parry gets better, sounds like he has the flu.

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No more brothers wars

In WW2 any German warship larger than a destroyer was a waste of steel and sailors.

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, wie treu sind deine Blätter. Du grünst nicht nur zur Sommerzeit, Nein auch im Winter, wenn es schneit. O Tannenbaum O Tannenbaum, wie treu sind deine Blätter.

What might have happened in Palestine?

The Kriegsmarine got pummeled during the Norwegian Campaign . There was zero chance the Wehrmacht was going to cross the English Channel in converted canal barges . The Royal Navy's home fleet would have decimated them . .

Oh, I remember the silence On a cold winter day . . .

There are numerous comments here stating that Britain was back by the Empire . After the Fall of France in June 1940 , the only thing stopping the Wehrmacht from crossing the English Channel was RAF Fighter Command and the Royal Navy's Home Fleet . There were 2 (?) Polish Divisions in Britain and 1 Canadian Brigade or Division . All the food , resources , munitions had to be shipped to Britain by the merchant marine . Then there were Indian , Australian and Kiwi divisions in North Africa and Greece . .

Think the key to understanding Churchill is that he was a deep believer in the British ideal of " Duty " for God , King and Empire . He uses the word and concept of " Duty " in many of his speeches and considered himself to be doing his " Duty ." He despised Fascism and Communism , and was a great believe in Democracy ... [ For Western Countries ] . Churchill did not hold a grudge against military commanders who stood up to him . ie Dowding , Alan Brook and Montgomery . Also , as Dr. Reynolds points out , the true genius of Churchill is that he was a great believer in personal diplomacy . During WW II , he traveled 1,000's of miles to meet with people in person . Churchill constantly visited bombed cities to get a feel of public opinion for himself . He constantly had the pulse , talking to key people , debating with them what was going on . .

. It should be remembered that Clementine was his intellectual equal , and his political radar . She put him in his place when required . .

Mark Felton as a guest would go so hard. You would have to play his intro music though when you introduce him

Just want to say, I love seeing Drach being so successful and getting more engagement. I've been following him for years, I love all his work, his passion for naval history and he is easily one of the best historians there is!

Dr Chris has a dose of manflu by the sounds of it. Hope he feels better soon

Canada would still eventually break away I think, they were a dominion for 50 years, already mostly self governing....i think it would take a bit longer but Canada would still seperate.

My sense whether Admiral Spruance or Fletcher was in charge both would have decided to retreat had the Battle of Midway had gone south. They had Admiral Nimitz instructions.

The French went on to have a massive empire in the nineteenth century,what’s this guy talking about?He may know about this battle but his grasp of wider nineteenth century world history seems questionable.

The Christmas truce, of course. What an inspired choice for yiur special edition. P.S. get well soon Chris, sounds like you have a bit of a cold.

My grandfather was an Alpino in the Pusteria division but her served as a guastatore in Libya and Egypt.

RAdm Chris Parry really knows his onions... I love listening to his insights and perspectives, perhaps because they resonate well with my own 'what if?' conclusions, and view of the actual unaltered histories... but I'm flattering myself with such a comparison.

We in Serbia would be best off with peace in winter 1914

You’ve got Drach in the fold. Love to see you add Mark Felton as a guest. Absolutely love his stuff!

Fantastic video and an excellent panel as always.

To add - Its estimated that about 29% of the words in the English Language today are Norman and Aquitaine French - The Normans brought in Common Law - William the Conqueror banned the sales of English slaves over seas . .

What a nice Christmas gift! Thank you

Since Wall Street funded the Bolshevists. There wouldn't have been a Russian revolution.

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Has this person heard of overextending yourself. ?

Britain wrecked itself by fighting wars it couldn’t afford in the first half of the 20th century America is doing the same thing this century Col Macgregor Ret

Nice to see Drach develop all the way from Robo Voice to published Author

I wish they had answered the question what if the France had a longer Maginot Line. Germany would have had a much harder time.

A completely entrapped allied army. What would happen? Well, we don't know. But we know what happened with an entrapped corps on a front with massively less air transport. The allies managed it. (Imphal and Kohima)

I did watch a documentary about PH, where they spoke to a US servicemen who took part in ww2, and he said at the time he could not understand the US Germany first policy, but with hindsight, he admited that Germany was by far the more dangerous enemy.

Well with a name like Kremit, what do you expect😂

The problem with 'simple men'...many simple men made a decision in November that is ultimately going to bring massive grief to them.

The Americans are speaking Spanish at least a large fraction tion of them. 14%

You call yourselves historians - yet you still call the large inland body of water in the Netherlands the Zuiderzee (South Sea). it was diked off from the North Sea and transformed into the IJsselmeer (Lake IJssel) in the 1930s . Before WW2 even started. muppets.

Good conversation; repulsively cheap clickbait-y caption. :-(