The Long Shadow of World War II
The Legacy of the War and its Impact on Political and Military Thinking since 1945

About Matthias Strohn

Matthias Strohn is head of historical analysis at the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research, the British Army's strategic think tank, visiting professor of military studies at the University of Buckingham, and a member of the academic faculty at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Matthias was educated at the universities of Munster (Germany) and Oxford. He holds a commission in the German Army and is a member of the military attache reserve, having served on the defense attache staffs in London, Paris, and Madrid. Prior to this, he served as military history instructor at the German Staff College in Hamburg. He deployed to Iraq (with the British Army) and Afghanistan (with both the British Army and the German Bundeswehr). Matthias has published widely on twentieth-century German and European military history; he has authored and edited fourteen books and numerous articles.