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

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Fifth Army soldiers advance towards the German defensive Gustav Line spanning central Italy in mid- September 1943, about a week after the Allied landing in Salerno. Initial rapid gains soon slowed as Allied troops became mired in the mountains. (Photo by Getty Images)

Hell in Italy: the Allies’ hardest fight of WW2? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

D-Day quiz Test your knowledge of the Normandy Landings . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

The battle for Sicily: breaking into Fortress Europe

A Marine M4 Sherman tank uses flails to detonate mines

The Sherwood Rangers’ road to victory

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

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

Tom Hanks in 'Greyhound' (2020)

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The real history that inspired WW2 film Greyhound

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

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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)

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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)

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