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

Talking point - Monday 11th June 2007

Review of Patrick Bishop’s new book BOMBER BOYS

This review was first printed in the Sunday Telegraph on 15 April 2007.

BOMBER BOYS: Fighting Back 1940-1945
By Patrick Bishop
Published by Harper Press April 2, 2007, £20

Review by James Holland

After the enormous success of Fighter Boys, his homage to the men of the Battle of Britain, a companion piece to the men of Bomber Command was an obvious follow-up, but one that was always going to be much harder to successfully pull off.   Read more…

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