I am a historian of the Second World War and the aim of this site is to enable others to access some of the research I have carried out over the past few years, and to encourage people to exchange ideas and views about a wide range of subjects relating to the conflict. On this site you will find an oral history archive with transcriptions of many of the interviews I have conducted with veterans of the war from many different countries, and there are also blogs, comment pieces, book reviews, suggested reading, and also contributions from other leading historians in this field.
I hope you find it interesting.

James Holland

Blog - Saturday 19th August 2006

Diary of Writing Italy’s Sorrow

Two Good Days, 17 August, 2006

Have just had two really good days in London.  Yesterday, I got the train up and was at the National Archives in Kew before 11am.  These archives seem to get better with every passing month, and I’ve now cottoned on to the fact that I can order documents and reading desk the day before so that they are waiting for me when I arrive.  In this case, a big folder of translated statements from German commanders in Italy was waiting for me.  Read more…

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