Dr Matthias Strohn has published widely on 20th-century German and European military history and is an expert on the German army in World War I and the inter-war period. He was educated at the universities of Münster (Germany) and Oxford. He has lectured at Oxford University and the Joint Services Command and Staff College at Shrivenham. He holds a commission in the German army and is currently a member of the military attaché reserve. He lives in Surrey, UK.