James Holland
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Normandy invasion eleven months later: 160,000 American, British, and Canadian troops came ashore or were parachuted onto Sicily, signaling the start of the campaign to defeat Nazi Germany on European soil. Operation HUSKY, as it was known, was enormously complex, involving dramatic battles on land, in the air, and at sea. Yet, despite its drama and its...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the annals of World War II, certain groups of soldiers stand out, and among the most notable were the Sherwood Rangers. Originally a cavalry unit in the last days of horses in combat, whose officers were landed gentry leading men who largely worked for them, they were switched to the "mechanized cavalry" of tanks in 1942. Winning acclaim in the North African campaign, the Sherwood Rangers then spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy...
Author
Series
Duty calls volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of the pivotal World War II battle based on extensive interviews with people on both sides, offering insight into how the fight was won and the potential of alternate scenarios.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An account of the daring May 1943 mission to destroy three heavily defended German dams documents the ten-week race to create the necessary weapons and orchestrate a bombing raid that nearly cost the lives of its pilots.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Celebrated historian of World War II James Holland chronicles the astonishing Allied victory at the Battle of the Admin Box in Burma (now Myanmar), a turning point of the war in the Far East. In February 1944, in one of the most astonishing battles of World War II, a ragtag collection of British clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers, and other base troops, stiffened by a few dogged Yorkshiremen and a handful of tank crews, managed to defeat a much...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
It's long been known that German soldiers used methamphetamine called Pervitin in the Second World War. But have tales of Nazis on speed obscured the other side of the story: the massive use of stimulants by British and American troops? Did total war unleash the world's first pharmacological arms race? Historian James Holland quests to dig deeper and unearth the truth behind the war.