James Holland
WW2 historian, Writer, Presenter and Podcaster
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of best-selling histories he has presented - and written - a large number of television programmes and series. He has a weekly Second World War podcast, We Have of Making You Talk, with Al Murray, and is Chairman of the Chalke Valley History Festival. He is a research fellow at St Andrew's University.
Tomorrow he is coming on the show to discuss the major players of WW2 - Hitler, Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt as well as whether any elements of the war or the major players are being rewritten or misrepresented today.
Comment your questions for Francis and Konstantin to ask James at the end of the interview.
Not a question, just to say great guest. I'm a big fan of James and lucky enough to know him a little bit. Really looking forward to this.
Are you familiar with the book "ordinary men" (about the final solution and the 101 police battalion) and the point it makes about how ordinary people can be put in situations where they would be willing to do otherwise horrific things? Do you worry about or see any modern parallels?