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The hosts referenced the book as a key source for statistical data on iron‑ore imports and for its vivid depiction of the Siegfried Line and the French experience on the Western Front. Both Tom and Dominic highlighted how the author's points helped frame their discussion of the 1939‑1941 campaign. Their remarks indicated they regarded it as an excellent and reliable reference.
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The hosts cited ironore statistics that were taken from James Holland's bookThe War in the West.
by the War in the West by my brother, James Holland. By December 1939, British intelligence deduced that of the 22 million tons of iron ore imported in 1938, the equivalent of nine and a half million tons had come from sources now close to it.
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The hosts praised the book for its vivid description of the Siegfried Line and the French experience there, citing it as an excellent source for that episode of the war. They also noted that a point made in the book helped frame their discussion of the Western front in 19391940.
And the French kind of go up to it and an excellent description in a book by James Holland, my brother, The War in the West, Germany Ascendant 1939 to 1941.
Just to ask, and this is a point my brother makes in his book.
Episode: 621. The Nazis at War: Blitzkrieg (Part 2)
The hosts cited Holland's book for statistics on ironore imports, using it to illustrate how vital Swedish iron ore was to the German war effort in early 1940.
So that is obviously a massive crisis for the Nazi war effort, because without iron ore, they can't build their planes and guns and all that kind of stuff. The War in the West by my brother, James Holland. By December 1939, British intelligence deduced that of the 22 million tons of iron ore imported in 1938, the equivalent of nine and a half million tons had come from sources now close to it.
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The host recalled that his brother's book, The War in the West, described German girls' misery and the scarcity of clothing in occupied towns.
I remember in my brother's book, The War in the West, which I've been quoting a lot in this series, he has an account of German girls and their misery at the fact that the only clothes available in the shops are all brown.