Adrian Gilbert is a British author and historian who writes primarily on the subject of
military history
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– particularly relating to wars of the 20th century. Although most of his work is published for adults, he has also written several non-fiction books for children.
After studying history at
Lancaster University he spent several years working in book publishing. Gilbert has also contributed to television documentaries and written pieces for newspapers and magazines, including ''
The Sunday Times
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'', ''
The Guardian
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'', ''
''Gramophone'''' and ''The Good Book Guide''.
Among his books are ''Britain Invaded'', an imaginary account of a
German invasion of Britain in 1940, ''POW: Allied Prisoners in Europe 1939–1945'', a day-to-day account of the lives of Allied prisoners of war captured by Axis forces during the
Second World War
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, and ''Challenge of Battle: The Real Story of the British Army in 1914''.
Works
*''World War I in Photographs'' (1986)
*''Modern Fighting Men'' (with John Pimlott) (1986)
*''Illustrated History of World War I'' (1988)
*''Waffen SS: an Illustrated History'' (1989)
*''Britain Invaded'' (1990)
*''Imperial War Museum Book of the Desert War'' (1992)
*''Sniper: One-on-One'' (1994)
*''Stalk and Kill: the Sniper Experience'' (1997)
*''Germany’s Lightning War'' (2000)
*''POW: Allied Prisoners in Europe 1939–45'' (2006)
*''Voices of the Legion'' (2009)
*''Challenge of Battle: The Real Story of the British Army in 1914'' (2014)
*''Waffen-SS: Hitler's Army at War'' (2019)
External links
Adrian Gilbert biography – Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
British military historians
Historians of World War I
Historians of World War II
Alumni of Lancaster University
1954 births
Living people
20th-century British historians
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