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 - Thursday 24th August 2006

Diary of Writing Italy’s Sorrow

Imperial War Museum, 24 August 2006

For a while I’ve been thinking that the issue over Mark Clark disobeying Alexander’s orders and veering off to capture Rome rather than heading straight to Valmontone and cutting off the retreating German Tenth Army is really only a post-war controversy.   Today, while looking through the papers of General Leese at the Imperial War Museum, I found another piece of evidence to support that.  Read more…

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