James Holland
4 books referenced
Books by James Holland
Referenced in 2 episodes
December 04, 2025
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Dominic mentions his brother's book, which he has been quoting a lot in the series, noting it has an account of German girls and their misery at the only clothes available being brown.
November 27, 2025
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Dominic cites iron ore statistics from his brother James Holland's book, and later references his brother's observation about the 'Potemkin quality' of Nazi militarism and the simultaneous Allied and German offensives in Norway.
Referenced in 1 episode
November 24, 2025
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Tom Holland quoted from his brother James Holland's book describing how a French advance was held up by a single automatic weapon at the Siegfried Line, illustrating the contrast with French soldiers' bravery in World War I.
Referenced in 1 episode
January 23, 2025
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Explicitly cited as the source for the passage about General Oliver Lees and the Polish role at Monte Cassino, described as 'the immortal prose of James Holland'
Referenced in 1 episode
December 14, 2023
Context:
This is the main book being discussed in the episode. James Holland is the guest, and Tom reads passages from the book describing the Allied invasion of Italy. The book covers the battle for Italy in 1943 and is described as recently published and available for Christmas.