Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “The Emperor’s Aviators” pro-vides listings of the commanders of the main staff and field commands of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy aviation branches from their inception in 1915 until the end of World War II in 1945. The book also includes biographical in-formation on Japan’s aviator generals and admirals.

For his previous work on t...

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “The Luftwaffe and its Leadership, 1935 - 1945” provides listings of the commanders of the main staff and field commands of the Luftwaffe from 1935, when the heretofore cloaked Luftwaffe was formally announced, until its destruction at the end of World War II in 1945. The book also includes biographical information on the senior Luftwaffe generals.

For his prev...

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over forty years, concentrating on Germany and her Axis allies, using resources that span the globe. This book, "The Royal Hungarian Armed Forces 1919-1945" presents the order of battle of the Hungarian forces, and the military careers of over 600 Hungarian generals. He has also authored/edited two other books on the subject of the Hungarian army: "The Hungarian Army and its Military Leadership in World War II" (published in 1996...

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for almost fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “God, Honour, Fatherland” provides biographical information about the senior officers of the Polish armed forces during the period starting in 1918, when Poland regained its independence from the shackles of Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary, and ending in 1939 when Hitler’s armies invaded Poland, precipitating World War II. The book contains informa...