Martin Marix-Evans is an experienced full-time military history writer. His previous books include: English Civil War: Naseby, June 1645 (Pen & Sword, 2002); The Fall of France (Osprey, 2000); The Boer War (Osprey 1999); The Battles of the Somme (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998); Retreat Hell: We Just Got Here (Osprey, 1998); Passchendale and the Battle of Ypres (Osprey, 1997).Angus McGeoch will be translating the German material (he has previously translated 'Hitler's Henchmen' by Guido Knopp (Sutton, 2000).