About the Author

Major General Clifford A Kinvig has an MA in War Studies from King's College London. He has held posts at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, the Royal Military College of Science Shrivenham, and the Ministry of Defence. His appointments in the Royal Army Educational Corps took him to many of the locations featured in this book. He has written an earlier book about this episode in the Second World War and articles on military historical and strategic issues.