James Holland

La campaña que precipitó el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Europa El desembarco de Normandía el 6 de junio de 1944 y los 76 días de durísimos combates en Francia que lo siguieron fueron la camp

La extraordinaria historia del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial Desde los Alpes italianos hasta el norte de Alemania, pasando por Londres, Nueva York, Washington y Tokio, Victoria 1945 narra la historia del extraordinario verano en el que la mayor conflagracion que el mundo habia conocido termino gracias a una serie de dramaticas rendiciones. En el 80.º aniversario de esos acontecimientos, los celebres historiadores James Holland y Al Murray exploran estas historicas capitulaciones. Mientras seguian los combates, empezaron las tentativas de rendicion rodeadas de dramas, conspiraciones, traiciones, robos de obras de arte de incalculable valor, operaciones gigantescas de falsificacion de moneda, intentos de golpes de Estado de militares japoneses para continuar luchando e increibles acciones desesperadas por parte de nazis para tratar de librarse de la horca. Acompañando a figuras como Ike, Montgomery, MacArthur, Truman o Hirohito y a otras menos conocidas como Karl Wolff, Ernst Kaltenbrunner o Kenji Hatanaka, veremos los ultimos combates de la Segunda Guerra Mundial bajo una luz completamente nueva y comprenderemos que llevo a acordar los terminos de rendicion que, en ultima instancia, determinarian la configuracion del mundo en el que vivimos hoy.

Una nueva y sorprendente historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. A mediados de 1941, la Alemania nazi estaba en el apogeo de sus éxitos militares. Tras unas victorias rápidas y contundentes en Europa, habia derrotado a Francia y engullido medio continente. Gran Bretaña habia evitado la invasion gracias al esfuerzo de los cazas de la RAF, pero la maquinaria nazi parecia imparable. James Holland, el principal exponente de la nueva generacion de historiadores que estan reinterpretando la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ha pasado mas de una decada explorando archivos y memorias y ha tenido acceso a registros oficiales que no se habian estudiado hasta ahora. Ademas, ha visitado incontables campos de batalla y entrevistado a supervivientes, de los que ha obtenido testimonios ineditos. Gracias a su exhaustiva investigacion, Holland plantea una nueva narracion de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Occidente. En esta segunda entrega, que cubre el periodo 1941-1943, asistimos al contraataque de los Aliados, que recuperan la iniciativa de la guerra. Siempre sorprendente, Holland argumenta que la clave no estuvo en Rusia, como se suele creer, sino en el Atlantico, y que el norte de Africa no fue, ni mucho menos, un teatro de operaciones secundario. Esta es, en verdad, una historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial como nunca has leido.

La Segunda Guerra Mundial desde un legendario regimiento de tanquesHabía que ser muy valiente para subirse a un tanque en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Encerrados en una mole de acero cargada de proyectiles que podian explotar y convertirlos en chatarra, los tripulantes de un tanque vivian y morian bajo la amenaza constante del enemigo. Fue una de las formas mas duras y despiadadas de librar la guerra.En Hermanos de armas, el celebre historiador James Holland narra la extraordinaria historia de los Sherwood Rangers, el regimiento britanico de voluntarios que se convirtio en una de las unidades blindadas mas celebres de la contienda. Tras forjarse un nombre en batallas como El Alamein, desembarcaron en Normandia el Dia D y, desde entonces, combatieron sin descanso por Francia, Belgica y Holanda hasta ser la primera unidad de tanques britanica que penetro en Alemania. Junto a ellos, recorreremos a bordo de sus Shermans miles de kilometros, viviremos algunos de los combates mas feroces del frente occidental y seremos testigos de como los soldados se apoyaron en la camaraderia y el coraje para enfrentar el terror de la guerra y convertirse en heroes.Gracias a los fascinantes testimonios de los tanquistas y el analisis experto de James Holland, Hermanos de armas da vida a la sangrienta y caotica recta final de la guerra en Europa y nos ofrece el relato mas potente hasta la fecha sobre como fue realmente luchar en los ultimos meses de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Un grupo de soldados británicos liderados por el sargento Jack Tanner deben proteger un valioso secreto durante la se- gunda guerra mundial.Abril de 1940. La Alemania nazi ha invadido a la neutral Noruega. Tres oficiales de la Guardia del Rey huyen del brutal avance Blitzkrieg hacia el norte. Tienen una mision de vital importancia: sacar de Oslo al cientifico Hening Sandvold y conducirlo hasta la seguridad de las lineas aliadas. La unica fuerza militar que se inter- pone entre los nazis y la victoria final son las pobremente equipadas y poco preparadas tropas de la Brigada 148. Entre ellas se encuentra el sargento Jack Tanner, que ha regresado recien- temente de Oriente Medio para unirse al tercer batallon de los King''s Own Yorkshire Rangers. Pero debido a la retirada de los britanicos desde Lillehammer, el sargento Tanner y su patrulla se encuentran aislados en las montañas. Mientras luchan por reunirse con su unidad, tropiezan con Sandvold y sus protectores. Con los alemanes siguiendoles a cada movimiento, Tanner tendra que ser mas astuto que sus perseguidores y sacar lo mejor de sus propios hombres. Cuando los aliados fracasan queda claro que el pequeño grupo de fugitivos no puede contar con nadie, salvo ellos mismos. Aunque Tanner sabe que no pueden fallar. Ha descubierto que Sandvold tiene en su poder un secreto de vital importancia, algo que podria cambiar el curso de la guerra.James Holland se declara fan incondicional de las aventuras de Sharpe. La serie protagonizada por Jack Tanner es un homenaje a las aventuras del fusilero pero con el telon de fondo de la segunda guerra mundial. El autor conoce la importancia del rigor historico y cuida cada detalle de su narracion, desde los hechos historicos hasta el armamento y el equipo que utilizan los protagonistas. Combina esta voluntad realista con una narracion agil y entretenida. Mision Odin es una novela de aventuras de facil lectura, a la que podran acercarse tanto los muy aficionados al genero, gracias a su rigor historico, como los lectores habituales de bestsellers, atraidos por el componente

From the bestselling author of Normandy '44 and Sicily '43, a brilliant new history of the last days of the war'Seldom is war so vividly described...An assault on the senses...Painful to read, impossible to put down' Gerard DeGroot, The Times'Epic and moving...Holland brings this cramped universe vividly to life' Patrick Bishop, Daily Telegraph______It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in the Second World War. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to enemy attack from all sides. Living - and dying - in a tank was a brutal way to fight a war.

I want to set the record straight: Police officers are not the dark, humourless souls you see on TV and in the movies.I should know; Im an ex Metropolitan (London) Police Officer.Yes, police work is stressful and dangerous. Police men and women see and do things that would make your hair stand on end.But through it all we keep our sense of humour. In fact, the humour is the secret weapon that keeps police officers sane and makes doing a tough job just that little bit easier.You wont find stories about the dark side of police work in these pages, although that obviously does exist. Behind the uniform you will catch a glimpse of the laughter, pranks, good natured teasing and lifelong camaraderie that exist between police officers.To protect the guilty, some of these stories are from a place some cops call rumour control but most are true stories that I experienced during my time in the police service during the late eighties and early nineties.

This magical little activity book is full of fairies to dress and scenes to decorate Have fun adding the stickers as the fairies gather berries fly across a moonlit sky dance with snowflakes and play among the treetops There are over 200 stickers of their clothes as well as lots of treetop creatures

Richly impressive hard to surpass William Boyd A notable account of an epic human experience Max Hastings James Holland brings every inch of this battle vividly to life History Revealed This excellent book The Savage Storm reinforces Holland s reputation as certainly the busiest and probably the most popular military historian of the second world war working today Spectator A must for anyone wanting to better understand the brutal campaign thoroughly deserves a place on the bookshelf Soldier Magazine From the bestselling author of Brothers in Arms comes the story of the most pivotal Allies campaign of World War II With the invasion of France the following year taking shape and hot on the heels of victory in Sicily the Allies crossed into Southern Italy in September 1943 They expected to drive the Axis forces north and be in Rome by Christmas And although Italy surrendered the German forces resisted fiercely and the swift hoped for victory descended into one of the most brutal battles of the war Even though shipping and materiel were already being safeguarded for the D Day landings there were still huge expectations on the progress of the invading armies but those shortages were to slow the advance with tragic consequences As the wea

A beautiful evocative novel that captures the fear and mood of the early days of the war Dermot O LearyThe village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the stormclouds of war in Europe As three generations of the family gather they must all face the prospect of their lives being transformed beyond recognition the moment Britain declares war on Germany When the inevitable happens and Britain finds itself at war the younger members of the family and farm workers are called up to fight and those who remain must battle to keep the home fires burning and the farm afloat The gentle certainties of rural life are replaced by the urgent clamour of war in the air at sea and on land where events unfold with dizzying rapidity and unexpected consequences Stretching from the glorious summer of 1939 to the Battle of Britain the following year acclaimed historian James Holland paints a compelling and immersive fictional portrait of how the war changed everything For one family and for a community their way of life can never really be the same again

The extraordinary drama of Malta s WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there

It should become a standard work on this campaign Telegraph James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign John C McManus A heart pounding narrative of the brutal Allied fight to take Rome This is history at its finest James M Scott Pulitzer Prize finalist Holland writes with eloquence and power about the harsh realities of a brutal battle that grabbed the world s attention and helped to decide the future of Italy Professor Michael S Neiberg There are no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion and with the Italian surrender the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943 And yet it didn t happen Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and fight for every yard thus setting the stage for one of the grimmest and most attritional campaigns of the Second World War By the start of 1944 the Allies found themselves coming up against the Gustav Line a formidable barrier of wire minefields bunkers and booby traps woven into a giant chain of mountains and river valleys that stretched the width of Italy where at its strongest point perched the Abbey of Monte Cassino It would take five long bitter winter months and the onset of summer

It should become a standard work on this campaign Telegraph James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign John C McManus A heart pounding narrative of the brutal Allied fight to take Rome This is history at its finest James M Scott Pulitzer Prize finalist Holland writes with eloquence and power about the harsh realities of a brutal battle that grabbed the world s attention and helped to decide the future of Italy Professor Michael S Neiberg There are no such thing as an easy victory in war but after triumph in Tunisia the sweeping success of the Sicilian invasion and with the Italian surrender the Allies were confident that they would be in Rome before Christmas 1943 And yet it didn t happen Hitler ordered his forces to dig in and fight for every yard thus setting the stage for one of the grimmest and most attritional campaigns of the Second World War By the start of 1944 the Allies found themselves coming up against the Gustav Line a formidable barrier of wire minefields bunkers and booby traps woven into a giant chain of mountains and river valleys that stretched the width of Italy where at its strongest point perched the Abbey of Monte Cassino It would take five long bitter winter months and the onset of summer

A sweeping heartland World War II family drama from the acclaimed historian and Sunday Times bestselling author A TIMES BEST SUMMER READ 2024 A beautiful evocative novel that captures the fear and mood of the early days of the war Dermot O Leary Even at home the war is never far away The village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the storm clouds of war in Europe As three generations of the family gather they must all face the prospect of their lives being transformed beyond recognition the moment Britain declares war on Germany When the inevitable happens and Britain finds itself at war the younger members of the family and farm workers are called up to fight and those who remain must battle to keep the home fires burning and the farm afloat The gentle certainties of rural life are replaced by the urgent clamour of war in the air at sea and on land where events unfold with dizzying rapidity and unexpected consequences Stretching from the glorious summer of 1939 to the Battle of Britain the following year acclaimed historian James Holland paints a compelling and immersive fictional portrait of how the war changed everything

James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians.' Sebastian Faulks'Holland's skill lies in bringing these warriors to life with vivid prose.' The TimesShortlisted for the 2021 British Army Military Book of the Year_________________________________________________This is the story of the biggest seaborne landing in history.Codenamed Operation HUSKY, the assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted. That day, over 160,000 Allied troops were dropped from the sky or came ashore to begin the fight for Europe.The subsequent thirty-eight-day Battle for Sicily was one of the most dramatic of the entire war, involving daring raids by special forces, deals with the Mafia, attacks across mosquito-infested plains and perilous assaults up almost sheer faces of rock and scree.Made worse by virulent disease and extreme heat, the Allies also had to fight their way across an island of unforgiving landscape and limited infrastructure against a German foe who would not give up.Victory would signal the beginning of the end of the War in the West. From here on, the noose began to tighten around the neck of Nazi Germany. The coalition between the United States and Britain finally came of age. And it was a crucial dry run for Operation OVERLORD, the invasion of Normandy on D-Day a year later.

From the bestselling author of Normandy '44 and Sicily '43, a brilliant new history of the last days of the war'Seldom is war so vividly described...An assault on the senses...Painful to read, impossible to put down' Gerard DeGroot, The Times'Epic and moving...Holland brings this cramped universe vividly to life' Patrick Bishop, Daily Telegraph______It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in the Second World War. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to enemy attack from all sides. Living - and dying - in a tank was a brutal way to fight a war.

Una nueva y sorprendente historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.A mediados de 1941, la Alemania nazi estaba en el apogeo de sus éxitos militares. Tras unas victorias rápidas y contundentes en Europa, habia derrotado a Francia y engullido medio continente. Gran Bretaña habia evitado la invasion gracias al esfuerzo de los cazas de la RAF, pero la maquinaria nazi parecia imparable.James Holland, el principal exponente de la nueva generacion de historiadores que estan reinterpretando la Segunda Guerra Mundial, ha pasado mas de una decada explorando archivos y memorias y ha tenido acceso a registros oficiales que no se habian estudiado hasta ahora. Ademas, ha visitado incontables campos de batalla y entrevistado a supervivientes, de los que ha obtenido testimonios ineditos. Gracias a su exhaustiva investigacion, Holland plantea una nueva narracion de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Occidente.En esta segunda entrega, que cubre el periodo 1941-1943, asistimos al contraataque de los Aliados, que recuperan la iniciativa de la guerra. Siempre sorprendente, Holland argumenta que la clave no estuvo en Rusia, como se suele creer, sino en el Atlantico, y que el norte de Africa no fue, ni mucho menos, un teatro de operaciones secundario.Esta es, en verdad, una historia de la Segunda Guerra Mundial como nunca has leido.Una trilogia que revisa, desde nuevas perspectivas, lo que sabemos o creemos saber de esa guerra.Jacinto Anton, El PaisJames Holland se ha propuesto rebatir las falsas creencias sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial en una obra monumental.El MundoHolland ofrece un relato ameno que auna datos tecnicos con testimonios de supervivientes, y pequeñas anecdotas con la gran historia.ABCHolland construye un impresionante retablo narrativo en el que mezcla el relato de los hechos con las experiencias de docenas de participantes de la guerra.MetahistoriaHistoria narrativa en estado puro.Wall Street Journal

James Holland; Read by: Joss AcklandMalta remains the most bombed place on earth. In just two months in 1942 - March and April - more explosives were dropped on this 17 x 9-mile Mediterranean island than on the whole of Britain during the entire first year of the Blitz. In 1942 Malta was the most important strategic piece of land in the world. The Axis forces had to occupy it to consolidate Rommel''s position in North Africa and the Allies had to hold it to prevent them. Fortress Malta follows the story through the eyes of those who were there, young men such as 20-year-old Spitfire pilot Raoul Daddo-Langlois from the Channel Islands and anti-aircraft gunner Ken Griffiths from Wales; Lance Corporal Frank Rixon, an orphan from Berkshire who''d joined the Royal West Kents as a boy soldier; and merchant seaman Joe McCarthy from Wigan; and Maltese nurses Carmela Ferra, and Suzanne Parlby. Through these and a cast of many more James Holland has woven a true story of heroism, resilience, love and loss - a largely forgotten, but critical episode of the Second World War. Joss Ackland is a distinguished actor who played CS Lewis in the ''original'' Shadowlands and Alan Holly in First and last, both of which won Emmy and BAFTA awards. His starring role in White Mischief is perhaps the best-known of his film work. He narrated the acclaimed Radio 4 dramatisation of Les Miserables.

La campaña que precipitó el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Europa El desembarco de Normandía el 6 de junio de 1944 y los 76 días de durísimos combates en Francia que lo siguieron fueron la campa

La crucial batalla aérea que decidió la Segunda Guerra Mundial En la tercera semana de febrero de 1944, las fuerzas aéreas aliadas con base en Gran Bretaña e Italia lanzaron su primera gran ofensiva de bombardeos contra Alemania. Su objetivo: aniquilar las principales fabricas y centros de produccion de la Luftwaffe y, al mismo tiempo, atraer a los aviones alemanes a una batalla aerea de desgaste con la que neutralizar a la aviacion germana antes del desembarco de Normandia. Oficialmente llamada operacion Argument, esta ofensiva aerea no tardo en conocerse como la Gran Semana, y fue uno de los momentos decisivos de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En este epico relato, abundante en historias de valor y heroismo, el celebre historiador James Holland sigue la suerte de pilotos, tripulantes y civiles de ambos bandos. A traves de entrevistas, relatos orales, diarios y documentos oficiales, entraremos en los cuarteles generales, volaremos con los cazas y los bombarderos, visitaremos las posiciones antiaereas y asistiremos al caos civil en tierra. Descubriremos asi, con multitud de detalles, la campaña tal y como se concibio y se desarrollo, y las experiencias de los soldados, pilotos y tripulantes que la combatieron. Escrita por James Holland, el maestro de la historia narrativa, La Gran Semana es la obra fundamental para comprender la campaña aerea que decidio la Segunda Guerra Mundial y determino los destinos del mundo.