The War in the West - A New History : Book 2

Informationen zum Autor James Holland is a historian, writer and broadcaster. The author of a number of bestselling histories, including Battle of Britain , Dam Busters , Normandy '44 and, most recently, Sicily '43, he has also written nine works of historical fiction, including the Jack Tanner novels. He is currently writing an acclaimed three-volume new history of the Second World War, The War in the West . He has presented - and written - a large number of television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, and the History and Discovery channels. A three-part documentary series based on his bestselling book Normandy '44 under the same title can be found on Amazon Prime. James is co-founder of the Chalke Valley History Festival and of WarGen.org, an online Second World War resource site, and presents the Chalke Valley History Hit podcast. He also presents We Have Ways of Making You Talk , a podcast with Al Murray in which they discuss the Second World War. A fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he can be found on Twitter and Instagram as @James1940. Zusammenfassung Examines the momentous turning points of 1941-1943: Hitler's invasion of Russia; America's entry into the conflict; the devastating Thousand Bomber Raids over Germany; the long struggle in the deserts of North Africa; and the defeat of the U-boats in the crucial Battle of the Atlantic.

Product details

• Authors: James Holland
• Publisher: Bantam UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2017
• EAN: 9780593071687
• ISBN: 978-0-593-07168-7
• No. of pages: 752
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 41 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Western, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)