James Holland

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1944: Battle for Rome with James Holland

2 months ago | johnbatchelor.substack.com | James Holland |John Batchelor

I welcome the author and historian James Holland. His new book is Cassino ‘44: The Brutal Battle for Rome. This is a story that needs retelling. I first realized of Monte Cassino when I was very young, and there was a black and white presentation on television in Philadelphia of the destruction of Monte Cassino, and it was presented as a debate by the Allies about what needs to be done. I don't remember clearly what the resolution was.
Burma '44: Britain's War in the East with James Holland

Oct 2, 2024 | johnbatchelor.substack.com | James Holland |John Batchelor

It is February 1944, in the jungles of Burma. It's 6 AM local time. There is a lot of shouting and screaming and gunfire to the immediate north. A man named Messervy, commanding the seventh Division, is in his pajamas and awakens immediately. There has been talk for days now of Japanese forces to the north of the position of the 7th Division. However, nothing has come of it until this outbreak of fire. What does it mean? The general must make decisions immediately.
10 Years at Palo Alto Networks

Jul 10, 2024 | jobs.paloaltonetworks.com | James Holland

Author: James Holland, Sr. Principal Engineer, SoftwareI’ve just completed 10 years at Palo Alto Networks, which is a great time to reflect on why I’ve enjoyed that time so much and why I continue my career here. As Palo Alto Networks has grown, so have the career opportunities.
Alvesdon

Jun 13, 2024 | penguin.co.uk | James Holland

Skip to Content'A beautiful, evocative novel that captures the fear and mood of the early days of the war' Dylan O'LearyThe village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castells for generations. But the year is 1939 and the peace and tranquillity there is about to be shattered once more by the stormclouds of war in Europe. As three generations of the family gather, they must all face the prospect of their lives being transformed beyond recognition the moment Britain declares war on Germany.
BURMA '44 | Kirkus Reviews

Mar 29, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | James Holland |David Grann |Elie Wiesel |Marion Wiesel

The author of Sicily ’44, Normandy ’44, and other acclaimed works of military history returns with a look at a significant yet overlooked World War II battle. As always, Holland is adept at setting the background for his analysis of the battle. In 1941, a few days after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces sank the cream of the British Asian fleet, quickly overran the British colonies of Hong Kong, Malaya, and Singapore, and chased British forces out of Burma into India.
This English Farmer Built a Lancaster Simulator-James Holland Just Had to see It

Feb 20, 2024 | historynet.com | Brian Walker |James Holland

Not so long ago, I had an extraordinary experience. I sat in the pilot’s seat of an Avro Lancaster, a British four-engine heavy bomber from World War II, gazing through the windshield at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, England.
Strike at the Knee

Jan 31, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | James Holland |Malcolm Gaskill

Ortona, Christmas Eve, 1943. A thriving Adriatic port only days previously, it now lay in ruins. The population of ten thousand was gone. In their place were two battalions of elite Fallschirmjäger – German paratroopers – defending what was left of the town, and the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, who were under orders to take it. There would be no festive truce. Allied shells had siled down all day, Sherman tanks blasting house after house, driving the enemy deeper into the rubble.
The Fighting for This Italian Town Was so Brutal They Called It the Stalingrad of the Adriatic

Dec 26, 2023 | historynet.com | Brian Walker |James Holland

The Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment—a Canadian unit known as the Hasty Ps—were ordered to relieve the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers—the Faughs—on the afternoon of December 5, 1943. As part of the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, the two units had been fighting their way up Italy since crossing over from Sicily in September and were now approaching the Adriatic coast somewhat less than halfway up the Italian boot.
We Remember the Fighting. But What About the Shipping?

Dec 12, 2023 | historynet.com | Brian Walker |James Holland

It’s probably fair to say that most of us spend a lot more time thinking about the folks leaping from landing craft than we do about the landing craft themselves, yet back in August this year, at the extraordinary D-Day Ohio event at Conneaut, Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie, I finally got to ride in a Higgins boat.
THE SAVAGE STORM

Dec 12, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | James Holland |David Grann |Elie Wiesel |Marion Wiesel

A riveting, often appalling look at an under-recognized part of the fight against Hitler—a must for WWII buffs. The acclaimed World War II historian returns with an account of the first months of the Allies’ World War II campaign to free Italy from Nazi rule. Holland, the author of Brothers in Arms and Big Week, draws on a number of on-the-ground accounts by participants from all sides of the conflict: diaries, personal letters, and other contemporaneous sources, many previously unpublished.