James Holland interview about his new WWII military history book Sicily ’43 (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2020)
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James Holland interview about his new WWII military history book Sicily ’43 Check out this book here https://amzn.to/33ouDGU Interview Timeline James Holland has written numerous books on WWII and has also appeared on shows and radio to discuss WWII. He recently published a book on the 1943 invasion of Sicily. We spoke about the book,…
James Holland interview about his new WWII military history book Sicily ’43
Check out this book here https://amzn.to/33ouDGU
Interview Timeline
James Holland has written numerous books on WWII and has also appeared on shows and radio to discuss WWII. He recently published a book on the 1943 invasion of Sicily. We spoke about the book, his research, and his writing.
(THE AUDIO PLAYER IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST.)
0:42 – James explains why he wrote a book on the assault on Sicily.
3:25 – James goes into detail about what he covers in the book.
5:38 – James talks about the importance of Malta in the operation.
8:34 – James talks about the Axis air forces in this campaign and how the Allies dealt with them.
12:47 – James talks about Axis losses in the Mediterranean theater.
13:56 – James talks about the poor relationship between Italy and Germany.
19:35 – James talks about the Sicilian landscape, weather, and Allied command and control between the various nations involved.
23:30 – James talks about how well the coalition cooperated in the operation.
29:32 – James talks about the individuals who helped make all the Allied countries and services work together well.
36:28 – James compares the assault on Sicily with the assault on Normandy.
38:51 – James talks about glider operations.
40:51 – James talks about the Tuskegee 99th fighter squadron.
42:20 – James talks about how the Mafia is part of his story
46:20 – James talks about the massacre at Biscari airfield.
48:19 – James talks about how he did his research.
49:41 – James talks about what he enjoyed in the research.
51:19 – James talks about surprises in his research.
52:35 – James talks more about the mafia research.
55:30 – James talks about the German situation.
58:27 – James is at griffonmerlin.com and has a podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and on twitter @james1940
Links of interest
https://groveatlantic.com/book/sicily-43-2/
https://www.griffonmerlin.com/
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Guests: James Holland
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, Atlantic Monthly Press, WWII, United States, Germany, Britain,
Check out this book here https://amzn.to/33ouDGU
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