ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Vitéz Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “The Netherlands Military Leadership 1900 - 1945”, contains the military biographies of the eight hundred and thirty-one Dutch generals and admirals and other senior officers who held high-level command positions in the Netherlands armed forces during the most difficult of times, the period preceding two world wars, and the war yea...

Vitéz Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “Imperial High Command - Volume II” is a follow-up to his 2020 book on the senior officers who served the British Empire during 1900-1945. Volume II of this work contains the biographies of 690 officers who reached the second-highest rank in the armed forces: full General (Army, Royal Marines), full Admiral (Royal Navy), or Air Chief Marshal (RAF). ...