Richard Holmes was educated at Cambridge and was a member of the Department of War Studies at RMA Sandhurst between 1969 and 1985, when he left to command 2nd Battalion The Wessex Regiment.

While serving full-time he helped to set up the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Army Staff College, and retains responsibility for part of the operational military history taught on the course.

In 1990 he became Director of Cranfield University's Security Studies Institute, and he spends much of his time teaching post-graduate students at the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham and lecturing at home and abroad.

Professor Holmes has written over a dozen books on military topics.

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'Battlefields of the Second World War' is what every Richard Holmes fan has been waiting for. In this fascinating and brilliantly articulated study of the Second World War, he clarifies the complexities of four of its campaigns: El Alamein, Monte Cassino, Operation Market Garden (of which Arnhem formed a crucial part)and the RAF's bomber offensive against Germany. The book originates in his firm conviction that the sacrifices made by British service personnel are not properly understood. It uses eye-witness accounts to illuminate the horror, confusion and sheer enormity of war, and puts this in the context of the conflict's broader strategy.

1) El Alamein
2) Monte Casino
3) RAF Bomber Offensive
4) Arnhem



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Size 700mb - 50 mins per episode
Resolution - 640x352
VBR - 1809
Audio - Dolby AC3 - 2 Channel - 192kbs

Ep 1 - El Alamein




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http://rapidshare.com/files/37750585/BBCB_01.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37758445/BBCB_01.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37765576/BBCB_01.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37772964/BBCB_01.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37780567/BBCB_01.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37787158/BBCB_01.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37793814/BBCB_01.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37795518/BBCB_01.part8.rar

Ep 2 - Monte Casino




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http://rapidshare.com/files/37830549/BBCB_02.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37835229/BBCB_02.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37839561/BBCB_02.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37843537/BBCB_02.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37847034/BBCB_02.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37850258/BBCB_02.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37853492/BBCB_02.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37854213/BBCB_02.part8.rar

Ep 3 - RAF Bomber Offensive




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http://rapidshare.com/files/37857117/BBCB_03.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37860094/BBCB_03.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37863173/BBCB_03.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37866522/BBCB_03.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37870447/BBCB_03.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37875232/BBCB_03.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37880209/BBCB_03.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37743313/BBCB_03.part8.rar

Ep 4 - Arnhem




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http://rapidshare.com/files/37953075/BBCB_04.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37960772/BBCB_04.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37969343/BBCB_04.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37976853/BBCB_04.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37984855/BBCB_04.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/37992681/BBCB_04.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/38000373/BBCB_04.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/38002581/BBCB_04.part8.rar