The Rest Is History

32. What if?

Mar 15, 2021 · 46 min · Season 1 · Episode 32
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Counterfactuals are the great what ifs of history.

Imagine the Nazis winning World War 2, or the Roman Empire never falling.

Is this a valid form of historical enquiry? Or is it simply game-playing?

Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss what might have been.

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