ROBERT KERSHAW

Born in 1950 and a graduate of Reading University, Robert Kershaw joined the Parachute Regiment in 1973.

He served numerous regimental appointments until selected to command the 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (10 PARA). He attended the German Staff College (Fuhrungsakademie) spending a further two years with the Bundeswehr as an infantry, airborne and arctic warfare instructor. He speaks fluent German and has extensive experience with NATO, multinational operations and all aspects of operations and training.

His active service includes several tours in Northern Ireland, the First Gulf War and Bosnia. He has exercised in many parts of the world and served in the Middle East and Africa. His final army appointment was with the Intelligence Division at HQ NATO in Brussels Belgium.

On leaving the Army in 2006 he became a full-time author of military history as well as a consultant military analyst. He has written a paper on the military impact of HIV AIDS for Cranfield University and more recently was the historical editor for ParaData, an on-line archive for the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces.

He has written seven books, the first six of which are now in paperback with titles printed in the US, Germany, Poland and Russia.

It Never Snows in September. (1989) The German view of Operation MARKET-GARDEN. (UK, US and Germany).

D-Day. Piercing the Atlantic Wall. (1994). (UK, US and Poland).

War Without Garlands. (1999). Operation Barbarossa 1941-2. (UK,US and Russia).

Red Sabbath. (2005). The Battle of the Little Bighorn 1876. (UK).

Tank Men. (2008). The human story of tank crews at war. (UK and World), due in paperback in 2009.

Never Surrender (2009). The story of the British Second World War Generation.

Sky Men (2010). The human story of soldiers that go to war from the air.

He has recorded for BBC radio and interviewed on numerous TV documentaries including Dutch TV and National Geographic, and published a number of magazine and newspaper articles including The Times, The Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph.

Robert Kershaw is represented by Charlie Viney of the Viney Agency.

He is presently researching a book about the human history of parachute and airborne soldiers from around the world entitled Sky Men.