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James Holland and John Buckley at the Imperial War Museum, London discussing James's new book - The War in the West: A New History: Volume 2: The Allies Fight Back 1941-43

James Holland

James Holland is a historian, writer and broadcaster. He has presented and written programmes for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, History and Discovery, and is co-founder of Chalke Valley History Festival. His latest book is 'Brothers in Arms: One Legendary Tank Regiment’s Bloody War from D-Day to VE-Day' (September 2021)

Recent articles by James Holland

British Army tanks are unloaded on to Gold Beach on D-Day
Second World War

D-Day quiz Test your knowledge of the Normandy Landings

Residents of Palermo, Sicily, line the streets to greet the American Sherman tanks after the town had surrendered to the Allies
Second World War

The battle for Sicily: breaking into Fortress Europe

A Marine M4 Sherman tank uses flails to detonate mines
Second World War

The Sherwood Rangers’ road to victory

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German Heinkel HE-111 bombers fly over Britain during a mission in September 1940
Second World War

8 reasons why the Luftwaffe didn’t stand a chance of beating the RAF in the Battle of Britain

Tom Hanks in 'Greyhound' (2020)
Second World War

The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound

Charles Cundall’s painting ‘The Withdrawal From Dunkirk, June 1940’
Second World War

9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Dunkirk

Troops from the 48th Royal Marines at Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer on Juno Beach, Normandy, France, during the D-Day landings, 6 June 1944. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Second World War

Your guide to D-Day: what happened, how many casualties were there, and what did it accomplish?

Holding court: Bernard Montgomery briefs reporters on progress in France, 1944. (Photo by Cynthia Johnson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)
Second World War

In defence of Monty: James Holland on the Allied commander’s D-Day decisions

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