Publication day in 🇬🇧 #AdvanceBritannia
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Publication day in 🇬🇧 #AdvanceBritannia
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November (Thursday!), preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
November 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November (Thursday!), preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
So my first copy of the North American (Knopf) edition of #AdvanceBritannia has arrived. On sale January 6. Preorders: bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So my first copy of the North American (Knopf) edition of #AdvanceBritannia has arrived. On sale January 6. Preorders: bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
September 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
Page proofs time … plus slight tweak of subtitle (in UK edition). Out November 6 in Britain and late November in N America. #AdvanceBritannia
June 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Page proofs time … plus slight tweak of subtitle (in UK edition). Out November 6 in Britain and late November in N America. #AdvanceBritannia
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released 6 November 2025 in the UK. Preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
September 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released 6 November 2025 in the UK. Preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
Every family needs a bare minimum of two copies of #BritainatBay + a brace of #AdvanceBritannia to boot
@alanallport.bsky.social has my family well trained...
December 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Every family needs a bare minimum of two copies of #BritainatBay + a brace of #AdvanceBritannia to boot
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
Scousers v Windsors: #AdvanceBritannia at #3 in hot new history releases on UK Amazon, just behind Macca.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Scousers v Windsors: #AdvanceBritannia at #3 in hot new history releases on UK Amazon, just behind Macca.
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Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is now available in the UK! North American release January 6. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is now available in the UK! North American release January 6. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on November 6. Preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
September 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on November 6. Preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
Many thanks to @phillipspobrien.bsky.social @davidedgerton.bsky.social and others for these endorsements! #AdvanceBritannia
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Many thanks to @phillipspobrien.bsky.social @davidedgerton.bsky.social and others for these endorsements! #AdvanceBritannia
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
October 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
September 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/adva...
#AdvanceBritannia is released in North America today. The NYT review says (ahem): “Elegant and unsparing … Allport is a fluid writer, a conjurer with the rare ability to sustain a gripping narrative without resorting to Vaseline-lensed sentimentality.”
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Why the British Were Afraid of Winning World War II
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January 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
#AdvanceBritannia is released in North America today. The NYT review says (ahem): “Elegant and unsparing … Allport is a fluid writer, a conjurer with the rare ability to sustain a gripping narrative without resorting to Vaseline-lensed sentimentality.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/b...
Nice review of #AdvanceBritannia in The Naval Review. “Is there a need for yet another book looking at the British contribution to the war? Yes, this one.”
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Advance Britannia: How the Second World War Was Won, 1942-1945 - The Naval Review
656 pages
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May 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Nice review of #AdvanceBritannia in The Naval Review. “Is there a need for yet another book looking at the British contribution to the war? Yes, this one.”
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“In only a few volumes Alan Allport has become the historian of Britain at war. This is no light accomplishment, since many very good volumes have already told this story. But I think this one is the best.” ☺️ Paul Kennedy on #AdvanceBritannia in the @wsj.com
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‘Advance Britannia’ Review: A Long Road to Victory
In World War II, the British Army suffered half the losses they had in World War I. Yet civilian casualties were higher.
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March 28, 2026 at 1:54 AM
“In only a few volumes Alan Allport has become the historian of Britain at war. This is no light accomplishment, since many very good volumes have already told this story. But I think this one is the best.” ☺️ Paul Kennedy on #AdvanceBritannia in the @wsj.com
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#AdvanceBritannia made the WSJ’s 8 best books of March ☺️ www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
8 Books to Read: The Best Reviews of March
The heady early years at Apple, wartime endurance in Britain, Motown’s hidden genius and more of the month’s best nonfiction.
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April 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
#AdvanceBritannia made the WSJ’s 8 best books of March ☺️ www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
October 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Excerpt from #AdvanceBritannia which is released in the UK on 6 November, preorders appreciated! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/brit...
The North American Conference on British Studies meeting is in Pasadena in November and I am honored to be taking part in a round table on #BritainatBay and #AdvanceBritannia. Thanks to @arjm5184.bsky.social for putting it together.
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July 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The North American Conference on British Studies meeting is in Pasadena in November and I am honored to be taking part in a round table on #BritainatBay and #AdvanceBritannia. Thanks to @arjm5184.bsky.social for putting it together.
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Max Hastings: “admirably provocative … there is no silly sensationalism in this book, merely sound storytelling and measured judgments.” First review of #AdvanceBritannia, available Thu 6 November.
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Max Hastings on how Britain didn’t win the war
Alan Allport, in Advance Britannia, shows that Churchill’s hopes of ending the war on British terms were finally dashed — in Italy and in the air — in 1944
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October 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Max Hastings: “admirably provocative … there is no silly sensationalism in this book, merely sound storytelling and measured judgments.” First review of #AdvanceBritannia, available Thu 6 November.
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Enjoyed doing this podcast on #AdvanceBritannia with @historyofthesecondworldwar.com where among other things we decided that the year 1942 is basically too hard to narrate.
This week on the podcast I was joined by @alanallport.bsky.social to discuss his new book Advance Britannia. Importance of the Indian Army, Britain's big bet on 1944, and Chamberlain/Hitler = Churchill/Stalin.
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Interview 47: Advance Britannia with Alan Allport
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October 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Enjoyed doing this podcast on #AdvanceBritannia with @historyofthesecondworldwar.com where among other things we decided that the year 1942 is basically too hard to narrate.