Almost History
Ian Chapman-Curry
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Almost History. Always incredible. What if ... ? Almost History tells the amazing true stories behind the aborted missions, cancelled plans, utopian dreams, failed revolutions and hubristic designs that didn't quite make it from the drawing board to change the real world. Rescued from the footnotes, archives and passing references, each episode explores what almost happened and explains why it didn't.
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Almost History
Jun 15, 2017
AH 11 Operation Unthinkable - Churchill's plan to attack Russia and start a Third World War
According to Field Marshal Montgomery, rule number one on the first page of the book of war is ‘do not march on Moscow’.
In April 1945, Winston Churchill ordered the British Chiefs of Staff to rip up the rule book and plan for an attack on their wartime ally, Russia.
It was audacious, inconceivable and incredibly risky.
So, fittingly, it was codenamed Operation Unthinkable.
Just how close did we come to launching the Third World War in 1945?
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*Music credits *
The theme music is Newsroom by Riot.
The other music featured in this episode was Cylinder Seven and The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch, both by Chris Zabriskie and Sunset by Kai Engel. All tracks are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Dec 19, 2022
John Brown Was Super Woke | The Almost History Podcast | Ep. 15
Welcome to Almost History. A podcast by 2 struggling comedians in LA, Logan Quiroz & Ben Gordon, where we discuss history, conspiracies and everything in between.
No lie, John Brown may be the most woke person of all time, he literally tried to single-handedly end slavery. Born in 1800 in Connecticut (the best state), John was taught from a young age that slavery was a sin against man, and he made it his mission to eradicate it by force. This guy went around trying to recruit people to join his cause and eventually decided to steal guns from the U.S. Government...Like we said, this guy might be the most woke person ever, either way he was a wild boy!
Thanks to our hilarious guest Jeff Zenisek. Make sure to check out his podcast Too Woke Boys, as well as his IG: @jeffzenisek
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#AHPodcast #History #JohnBrown
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John Brown Was Super Woke | The Almost History Podcast | Ep. 15
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Almost History
Jul 12, 2018
AH 12 Opening the iron curtain - the DDR's day of dissent
It’s the summer of 1953, and, across East Germany, angry people take to the streets.
This isn’t a polite street protest.
This is a furious, red flag ripping, police beating, office burning rampage.
The crowds demand:
- better living conditions;
- the reunification of Germany; and
- free elections.
Instead, they would get:
- Trabants;
- the Berlin Wall; and
- another 35 years of hardline Communist government.
Could the 17 June 1953 uprising have ever been successful at bringing down Soviet-dominated eastern Europe?
Or were the people’s protests doomed to fail before they even started?
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*Music credits *
The theme music is Newsroom by Riot.
The other music featured in this episode was Cylinder Seven and The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch, both by Chris Zabriskie and Sunset by Kai Engel. All tracks are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Dec 12, 2022
Felipe Espinoza & His Quest For 600 Kills | The Almost History Podcast | Ep. 14
Welcome to Almost History. A podcast by 2 struggling comedians in LA, Logan Quiroz & Ben Gordon, where we discuss history, conspiracies and everything in between.
Felipe Espinoza may be the reason they called it The Wild West, this guy was a true menace to society. While the rest of the country was going through the Civil War, Felipe and his brother spent their time trying to rack up 600 kills in the Colorado mountains. Once his brother wasn’t an option, Felipe recruited his nephew to carry on the fucked up family tradition. Some say it was revenge for the Mexican-American war, others say it was because he had a vision from The Lord...either way we can all agree this dude and his family were loco.
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The Butcher Of Uganda | The Almost History Podcast | Ep. 12
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Almost History
Jun 1, 2017
AH 10 Louis of England - history’s forgotten King of England
In August of 1216, the King of Scotland rode down the entire length of England to pay homage to a new English king at Dover.
The Scottish monarch bent his knee to a warrior prince who was the pride and hope of his dynasty.
His name was Louis and he was the eldest son of the King of France. Louis is overlooked in most lists of English monarchs. But he was, at this point in time, in control of two-thirds of the country and had the support of the majority of its barons.
At Lincoln, he had a chance to win a great victory and secure his claim to the throne.
This is a rich story with a cast that includes a septuagenarian warrior, a fighting monk, a nine-year old boy king and a fearsome Châtelaine who defied a whole army.
But most of all, it is about a battle that could have gone either way.
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*Music credits *
The theme music is Newsroom by Riot.
The other music featured in this episode was Oecumene Sleep and Realness by Kai Engel, Everybodys Got Problems That Aren't Mine by Chris Zabriskie and Fog and Waves by Sergey Cheremisinov. They are all licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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