What If...

In a special D-Day edition of the series which rewrites history, Professor Christopher Andrew, and a group of distinguished guests, discuss what would have happened if the Allied landings in Normandy had not succeeded.

In the Map Room of Southwick House are:

D-Day veteran John Gritten, who was on board a landing craft moored in nearby Southampton Sound

Professor David Stafford (University of Edinburgh)

Professor Dennis Showalter (Colorado Liberal Arts College in the United States)

Dr Soenke Neitzel (University of Mainz in Germany)

Dr Gary Sheffield (Kings College London and the Joint Services Staff College in Shrivenham).

Presenter: Professor Christopher Andrew (University of Cambridge)

Producer: Mark Smalley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2004.

Christopher Andrew explores what would have happened if the Normandy landings had failed.

Professor Christopher Andrew and guests imagine how the past could have been different.

Christopher Andrew asks veterans, and historians, what would have happened if the Normandy landings had failed. From 2004.

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