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
Sarah Helm
Antony Beevor
Geoffrey Wellum
Matthew Parker
George MacDonald Fraser
Michael Ondaatje
Alex Bowlby
Evelyn Waugh
If I’m honest, it was the Battle of Britain that first sparked my interest in the Second World War. An aerial battle for survival over England, in which enemy forces were regularly flying over the cities, towns and villages of Britain, and in which iconic fighter aircraft helped save the day, captured my imagination. Read more…
