James Hollands Griffon Merlin

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Web Name: James Hollands Griffon Merlin

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As a historian, I try and carry out as much original research as possible and remind myself to look at the various aspects of the war I am studying with fresh eyes.As a writer, I want to produce books that are always entertaining, easy to read and follow, and which contain damn good stories.Not many people write both fiction and non-fiction, but I like doing both. Although I studied history at university, (and continue to do so), my first book was a novel. As a historian, I try and carry out as much original research as possible and remind myself to look at the various aspects of the war I am studying with fresh eyes.As a writer, I want to produce books that are always entertaining, easy to read and follow, and which contain damn good stories.Not many people write both fiction and non-fiction, but I like doing both. Although I studied history at university, (and continue to do so), my first book was a novel. BooksFilm TVEventsArticlesWWII InterviewsBattlefield ToursPodcastsAvailable nowNormandy 44 TV Series on AmazonI m very excited to announce our new take on WWII documentaries.The new three-part TV series based very heavily on the book is available now. It’s a journey around Southern England and then the invasion beaches and deep inland across much of Normandy. Accompanying me on this trip was Mike Simpson, former US Army Ranger and Special Forces physician.  He’d not been to Normandy before so it was brilliant to see and hear his perspectives, which were always pertinent and borne from his extensive front-line experience over thirty years of serving in multiple theatres with the US Army. Moving away from the usual documentaries that use old, cheap and overused archive as wallpaper, repeat what had already happened every fifteen minutes, we wanted to create something different, and which, instead, bore right down into the nitty-gritty.  With more chat, more covering of the ground on which the fighting took place, more explanation of the wider context of the war and yes, more on the operational level – that aspect of the war that was so vital, which explains how it was fought and managed by the various combatant nations, and yet which is invariably totally ignored in documentaries on the subject.You can find out more about our thinking here. Or of course, judge for yourself by watching though Amazon below.Watch on Amazon PrimePre-order nowSicily ’43: The First Assault on Fortress EuropeThis is the story of the biggest seaborne landing in history.Codenamed Operation HUSKY, the Allied assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted in world history, landing more men in a single day than at any other time. That day, over 160,000 British, American and Canadian troops were dropped from the sky or came ashore, more than on D-Day just under a year later. It was also preceded by an air campaign that marked a new direction and dominance of the skies by Allies.About the book & pre-order Mr. Holland debunks many myths about the period that still linger in popular writing . . . Exceptional Wall Street Journal This book stands apart and for all the right reasons: Holland has something new to say.  Every page is alive with a level of excitement and enthusiasm. Here is a perspective that turns on its head what I thought I understood about those astonishing years filled with insight and detail. Neil Oliver“In The Rise of Germany, James Holland weds his typically deft writing to years of research and thought about the early years of World War II. He seeks—and finds—that elusive middle ground between the high politics of Hitler, Churchill, and Roosevelt and the personal experience of the soldier in the field.  Holland writes on the operational level as well as any historian working today.  I am already making room on my shelf for volumes two and three. I would read anything Holland writes.”Robert M. Citinoauthor of The German Way of War and The Wehrmacht RetreatsPreviousNextOut now:NORMANDY ’44  D-Day the Battle for FrancePlus: New TV Series, available to buy or stream nowIn this new narrative history, James Holland peels back the layers to present a broader overview, one in which much of what think we know about D-Day and the Normandy campaign is challenged.  This is an account in which supply and ‘big’ war, as demonstrated by the Allies, ultimately dwarfs the strategic, operational and tactical limitations of the German forces.  It is an account in which air power plays a more dominant role and where the mechanics and operational level of war are laid bare, demonstrated through the experiences of those who were there and lived and fought through this extraordinarily brutal campaign.  And the shocking violence and carnage of the battle is revealed in disturbing and unflinching detail; in terms of daily casualties, it was worse than any in the First World War.About the book & buyIn the meantime, there has to be a limit to how many pages of photos are inserted into a big, fat narrative history like Normandy 44, but I ve included some extras here, as well as some info on the TV series.Normandy ’44 extras + TV SeriesWE HAVE WAYS OF MAKING YOU TALKAchtung! Achtung! Comedian Al Murray and historian James Holland are creating a new podcast all about the Second World War.We Have Ways of Making You Talk will be a weekly show exploring the war in close up. The two men will tell battlefield tales and bring forgotten events back into sharp focus. If you’re looking for a comprehensive history, marching through events date by date, forget it.We Have Ways of Making You Talk will roam down forgotten front lines, cast new villains and make the case for unlikely heroes.Each week will also see Al and James bring along a World War Two artifact which will be poked, prodded and examined, before having its full story told.Battle stations!Produced by Goalhanger FilmsMy latest show reel showing TV and Film workTelevision is a great medium because you can reach so many more people than one could ever hope to with a book.More Film and TVArticles NewsWORLD WAR II TV DOCUMENTARIES0 Comments/30th July 2020A few years ago, I was having lunch with Richard Lake, a…Read more https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IMG_2445-scaled.jpg 1920 2560 James Holland https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo-griffon-merlin.png James Holland2020-07-30 10:44:202020-08-10 11:30:44WORLD WAR II TV DOCUMENTARIESSICILY ’43: The Assault on Fortress Europe0 Comments/17th June 2020In terms of men landed in a single day, Operation…Read more https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/US-and-Brit-share-a-cigarette-Messina-scaled.jpeg 1920 2560 James Holland https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo-griffon-merlin.png James Holland2020-06-17 11:11:382020-06-18 07:34:30SICILY ’43: The Assault on Fortress EuropeThe Triumph of the Dams Raid0 Comments/7th September 2019 Such was the secrecy in which Operation CHASTISE was mounted,…Read more https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9BE13BF6-FBC5-49E3-96DB-E688B68C83E1.jpeg 1000 James Holland https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo-griffon-merlin.png James Holland2019-09-07 10:24:032019-09-07 10:25:00The Triumph of the Dams RaidThe Bengal Famine - Was Churchill to Blame?0 Comments/19th January 2018This is an extract from my book Burma 44: Before heading…Read more https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/bengal-famine-man-drink.jpg James Holland https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo-griffon-merlin.png James Holland2018-01-19 09:01:052018-01-19 09:01:05The Bengal Famine - Was Churchill to Blame?Dick Winters0 Comments/15th October 2017The main reason for being in Gettysburg was to visit Erik Dorr…Read more https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_2591.jpg 3024 4032 James Holland https://www.griffonmerlin.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/logo-griffon-merlin.png James Holland2017-10-15 19:26:572017-10-15 19:30:23Dick WintersLimited Collectors EditionTHE BATTLE OF BRITAINThe Battle of Britain tells this most epic of stories from a 360’ perspective, drawing on extensive new research from around the world that challenges some of the long-held myths about the battle. Holland paints a complete picture of that extraordinary summer a time in which the fate of the world truly hung by a thread.NOW YOU CAN OWN ONE OF 250 SPECIAL LIMITED COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS, EACH DELIVERED IN A BLUE CLOTH-BOUND SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY ACCLAIMED ARTIST NICOLAS TRUDGIAN AND EACH WITH TWELVE SIGNATURES OF THOSE WHO FLEW IN THE BATTLE OF BRTIAN: SIX RAF AND SIX LUFTWAFFE.  THE COLLECTOR’S EDITION ALSO CONTAINS BIOGRAPHIES OF EACH.Find out more About James James Holland is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of the best-selling historical novels, he has also written nine works of historical fiction. He regularly appears on television and radio, and has written and presented the BAFTA-shortlisted documentaries. Co-founder and Programme Director of the Chalke Valley History Festival, he has his own collection at the Imperial War Museum, and is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.Find out more

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