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Historian James Holland joins us to talk about his latest WWII military title Brothers in Arms, which brings to vivid life, through compelling eye-witness testimony, the final bloody scramble across Europe from the powerful perspective of one of the greatest tank regiments: the Sherwood Rangers. The talk will be in the form of a lecture with supporting slides.It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in World War Two. Encased in steel, surrounded by highly explosive shells, a big and slow-moving target, every crew member was utterly vulnerable to enemy attack from all sides. Living - and dying - in a tank was a brutal way to fight a war.
The Sherwood Rangers were one of the great tank regiments. They had learned their trade the hard way, under the burning sun of North Africa, on the battlefields of El Alamein and Alam el Halfa. By the time they landed on Gold Beach on D-Day, they were toughened by experience and ready for combat.
From that moment on, the Sherwood Rangers were in the thick of the action until the war's end. They and their Sherman tanks covered thousands of miles and endured some of the fiercest fighting in Western Europe. The first British unit to cross into Germany, their engagements stretch from the Normandy beaches, to the bridges at Eindhoven, and the grinding crossing of the Siegfried Line and on into the Nazi heartland.
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, Normandy ’44 and Sicily ’43. He has presented – and written – many television programmes and series for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, History and Discovery Channels. James is also co-founder of the Chalke Valley History Festival and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He hosts a weekly podcast with Al Murray, We Have Ways of Making You Talk – it has had five million downloads to date.
Tickets are available at
£7 standard ticket
£28 single ticket including book
£32 couple ticket including book
from Lindum Books and online from The Collection.
The author will be signing books in person after the talk.
A pre-event bar will be available.
Tickets are non-refundable unless the event is cancelled or postponed by Lindum Books
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Collection Lincoln & Usher Gallery, The Collection, Danes Terrace, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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