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  • Cassino '44

    The Brutal Battle for Rome

    by James Holland ...
    Acclaimed World War II historian James Holland vividly relates the dramatic last months of the Italian Campaign in a masterful volume that brings new awareness to this vital hinge point of the warAs the new year of 1944 began in Italy, the Allied army’s momentum had ground to a halt just south of the vaunted German Gustav Line of defense, far short of their initial objective of liberating Rome by ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sicily '43

    The First Assault on Fortress Europe

    by James Holland ...
    A history of World War II's Operation Husky, the first Allied attack on European soil, by the acclaimed author of Normandy '44.On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Normandy invasion eleven months later: 160,000 American, British, and Canadian troops came ashore or were parachuted onto Sicily, signaling the start of the campaign to defeat ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Savage Storm

    The Battle for Italy 1943

    by James Holland ...
    Acclaimed WWII historian James Holland both narrates and reframes the controversial first months of the Italian Campaign and sets a new standard in the chronicling of warFollowing victory in Sicily, while the central command planned the spring 1944 invasion of France, Allied troops crossed into southern Italy in September 1943, expecting to drive Axis forces north and liberate Rome by Christmas. ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Burma '44

    The Battle That Turned World War II in the East

    by James Holland ...
    Celebrated historian of World War II James Holland chronicles the astonishing Allied victory at the Battle of the Admin Box in Burma (now Myanmar), a turning point of the war in the Far EastIn February 1944, in one of the most astonishing battles of World War II, a ragtag collection of British clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers, and other base troops, stiffened by a few dogged Yorkshiremen and a ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD

  • Normandy '44

    D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

    by James Holland ...
    A history of World War II's Operation Overlord, from the campaign's planning to its execution, as Allied forces battled to take France back from Germany.D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west—the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fortress Malta

    An Island Under Siege 1940-1943

    by James Holland ...
    Series series W&N Military
    The extraordinary drama of Malta's WWII victory against impossible odds told through the eyes of the people who were there.In March and April 1942, more explosives were dropped on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta - smaller than the Isle of Wight - than on the whole of Britain during the first year of the Blitz. Malta had become one of the most strategically important places in the world. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Big Week

    The Biggest Air Battle of World War II

    by James Holland ...
    A history of World War II's Operation Argument in which US and British air forces led a series of raids against Nazi Germany in 1944.During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Alvesdon

    by James Holland ...
    Even at home, the war is never far away . . .The beautifully rendered new novel from preeminent WWII historian James Holland, chronicling the impact of the war on one British family and their small villageThe village of Alvesdon has been home to the Castell family for generations. But in 1939, the village’s tranquility is about to be shattered once more by the storm clouds of war. As three ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

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  • Victory '45

    The End of the War in Eight Surrenders

    by James Holland, Al Murray ...
    On the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, two acclaimed historians chronicle the remarkable stories behind the surrenders that ended the world’s most catastrophic global conflictIn May 1945 and then again in August and early September, the seemingly endless World War II finally came to a close in eight dramatic surrender ceremonies, six in Europe and the last two in Japan. On the 80th ... Read more

    $29.59 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Duty Calls: Dunkirk

    by James Holland ...
    Series series Duty Calls
    'YOU WANTED TO SEE SOME ACTION - WELL YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT NOW. YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT NOW ALL RIGHT.'Friday 24th May, 1940Private Johnny Hawke, aged sixteen, awakens to artillery fire.Hours later, Stukas scream down from the sky. Messerschmit fighters roar towards his regiment. Trucks burst into flames.Now men and mules lay dead and dying, severed limbs twisted grotesquely as blood soaks... ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Brothers in Arms

    One Legendary Tank Regiment's Bloody War from D-Day to V-E Day

    by James Holland ...
    The renowned historian and author of Normandy '44 recounts the operations and personal experiences of the legendary Sherwood Rangers during WWII.One of the last cavalry units to ride horses into battle, the Sherwood Rangers were transformed into a "mechanized cavalry" of tanks in 1942. After winning acclaim in the North African campaign, they spearheaded one of the D-Day landings in Normandy and ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Allies Strike Back, 1941–1943

    by James Holland ...
    Series series The War in the West
    Volume two in this "expert, anecdote-filled, thoroughly entertaining" history of WWII follows The Rise of Germany as the Allied forces turn the tides ( Kirkus).James Holland's The Rise of Germany, the first volume in his War in the West trilogy, was widely praised for his impeccable research and lively narrative. Covering the dawn of World War II, it ended at a point when the Nazi war machine ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus