The War in the West

In the first of an extraordinary three-volume account of the war James Holland reveals not only the truth behind the familiar legends of the Second World War but he also unveils those lesser known events which were to have the greatest significance. The first book to consider the economic political and social as well as the military aspects of World War Two this is a unique retelling of a monumental event in all its terrible and majestic glory. Holland has spent over twelve years unearthing new research visiting archives battlefields and the very people who fought and lived through the conflict. He has in his own accessible and inimitable style written an account to redefine our understanding of the war.