The untold story of one of WW2's most extraordinary and significant battles which marked the turning of the tide of the war in the jungles of Burma
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning
historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of
best-selling histories including Battle of Britain, Dam Busters,
Burma '44 and, most recently, Big Week, 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 - many television programmes and series for the BBC,
Channel 4, National Geographic, History and Discovery Channels.
He is also co-founder of the Chalke Valley History Festival and
co-founder of WarGen.org, an online Second World War resource site,
and presents the Chalk Valley History Hit podcast. A fellow of the
Royal Historical Society, he also has a weekly podcast with Al
Murray, We Have Ways of Making You Talk- Al Murray and James
Holland Talk World War II. He can be found on Twitter as
@James1940.
"Holland is good on the mechanics of warfare and gives a thrilling
blow-by-blow account of the fighting, which will please military
buffs. There are also crisp vignettes of the commanders . . . But
it is the voices of the fighting men that lift this book above the
level of a simple battle narrative. Holland has a good ear."
*The Times*
"Up there with Rorke’s Drift . . . in rescuing the Battle of the
Admin Box from oblivion, Holland has performed a signal service for
all the men who fought – and died – in its defence"
*Telegraph*
"In this superb account of an obscure but decisive battle fought in
almost indescribably difficult jungle terrain, the always excellent
James Holland tells a tale of heroism and grit to match any in the
annals of war"
*The Mail on Sunday*
"Vivid . . . military historian James Holland conjures the heroism
and horror of this gallant stand by a motley force of doctors,
clerks and other base troops against highly trained Japanese
infantry."
*Daily Mail*
"A gripping account of one of the war’s lesser-known episodes"
*Soldier*
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