# Chris Parry

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Starmer's Last PMQs

On Talk Drive, Kevin O'Sullivan is joined by Rear Admiral Chris Parry, ex-NATO and Royal Navy Commander, to give his view on veteran journalist John Simpson claiming England's World Cup match against Argentina will decide the future of the Falklands. Political editor of The Sun Jack Elsom analyses …

What if the Indian Rebellion had succeeded? British OUT but a broken nation emerges

On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Professor Chandrika Kaul from the University of St Andrews to discuss one of the most important events in the history of modern India and Imperial Britain: the Rebellion of 1857. Also referred to as the '…

What if the Enigma code had never been cracked? An entrenched Nazi-Soviet war

On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Nigel Jones to discuss one the allies' biggest breakthroughs in the Second World War: cracking the Enigma code. Despite being deemed 'unbreakable', Polish mathematicians had actually solved a version in 1…

What if the allies had prioritised the Atlantic NOT the strategic bombing of Germany?

On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry once again - this time to discuss the decision by the allies to prioritise the strategic bombing campaign of Germany, rather than the Atlantic. It had huge ramifications for D-Day and the Cold War borders, bu…

Andy Burnham’s Britain branded ‘chaos’ over prisoner releases and defence-funding delays

Conservative MP Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown clashes with Julia Hartley-Brewer over Andy Burnham’s economic agenda, public-sector pay, early prisoner releases and the Tories’ record in government. He argues that nationalisation will revive the failures of the 1970s and predicts political chaos befor…

#21 - Chris Parry of Wild River Kennels

On this episode of the Retriever Han'ler Podcast, we sit down with Chris Parry of Wild River Kennels for an honest conversation about building a dog training business from the ground up. Chris shares how his passion for dogs, hunting, and hard work led him from a demanding career in submarine manu…

What if Hannibal had won the Battle of Zama & the Second Punic War?

On this episode of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and Dr Simon Elliott to discuss the culmination of the Second Punic War, which saw the Roman Republic finally defeat its nemesis: Hannibal. Before the battle, the Carthaginian general had already terrorised R…

1942: The year that changed the world forever? A History Undone special

On this very special edition of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry and show favourite Jonathan Parshall in the studio to mark the release of his book 1942: The Crux of War. In an extended, two hour long conversation, the three discuss the year as a whole and som…

How the Royal Navy collapsed from 1,400 ships to 60 | Origins

Welcome to the first episode of History Undone: Origins. This is the space we will be discussing current affairs and geopolitics, through our historical and counterfactual lense. For the first episode, Fergus Macphee is joined by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry to discuss the decline of the Royal Navy.…

What if France had WON the Franco-Prussian War? An entirely new 20th Century

On this edition of History Undone, Fergus Macphee is joined once again by Rear Admiral Dr Chris Parry to discuss one of the most overlooked, but important conflicts of the last 200 years: the Franco-Prussian War. What was supposed to be a chance for Napoleon III to reassert French dominance on the …