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James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including
Fortress Malta: An Island Under Siege, Battle of Britain, Dam Busters, and most recently,
The War in the West and
Big Week, he has also written nine works of historical fiction, including the Jack Tanner novels.
He has presented ¿ and written ¿ a large number of television programmes and series, including the film
Normandy 44 for the BBC, and is a mainstay of the internationally successful
Nazi Megastrucutres. He has scripted and is producing a feature film of his novel,
A Pair of Silver Wings.
He is also Chair of the Chalke Valley History Festival, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a Research Fellow at Swansea University. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories including most recently The Savage Storm and Cassino '44, he is also the author of ten works of fiction and a dozen Ladybird Experts.
He is the co-founder of the annual Chalke Valley History Festival which is now in its twelfth year, and he has presented - and written - many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic and the History and Discovery channels.
With Al Murray, he has a successful Second World War podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk, which also has its own festival, and is a research fellow at St Andrew's University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940 and on Instagram as @jamesholland1940.
Zusammenfassung
'James Holland is a master' BBC HistoryIt was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all. During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany.
Vorwort
Big Week tells the story of the moment the air war turned. By the start of 1944, new commanders, new tactics and, crucially, new aircraft were all in place. The result, in the third week of February, was the largest aerial battle of the war.
A new single-battle epic from bestselling author, James Holland - the only book of its kind on this battle.
