ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for fi ft y years, using re-sources that span the globe. His latest book, “Bulgaria’s Military Leadership 1900 - 1945” contains the military biographies of the senior generals and admirals who served the Kingdom of Bulgaria during the fi rst forty-fi ve years of the 20th Century, a period during which Bulgaria was involved in three wars: the Balkan Wars (1912-1913), World War I (1915-1918) and World War II (19...

Military historian Andris Kursietis' new book Under Three Flags is his latest work covering the military history of the first part of the 20th Century. The book provides an analysis of the German Navy under the Kaiser, the Republic, and the Third Reich, with information about the major commands and ships of the navy, as well as a biographical dictionary section that covers the careers of all of Germany's admirals during the period 1914 - 1945. Whilst much of this information is contained in f...

Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over forty years, using resources that span the globe. This latest book, "The Last Tsar's Warriors" represents his largest project to date. The book provides information about the military careers of over 6,400 Imperial Russian generals and admirals that served the last Tsar, Nikolai II, during his reign 1894 - 1917, and also lists the order of battle of the Russian armed forces during those years. Included in Volume II of this bo...

Between the years 1939 - 1945, over 3,500 officers wore the uniform of General (or Admiral) in one of the branches of the German Armed Forces: the Army, Navy, Air Force and SS. "The Fallen Generals" is an analysis of the 1000 senior German officers who died in World War II and its aftermath. The various chapters deal with officers killed in action, those executed as a result of their involvement in the July 20, 1944 plot to kill Hitler, Generals who committed suicide during the war or immedi...

Vitéz Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “La Regia Marina”, tells the story of what could be considered to be the “modern” Italian Navy, covering the period 1900-1946. Included are abbreviated histories of the 404 main vessels (aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines) that made up the Navy during that period, and brief biographies of its 845 flag officers.

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Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for over forty years, using resources that span the globe. This latest book, "The Last Tsar's Warriors" represents his largest project to date. The book provides information about the military careers of over 6,400 Imperial Russian generals and admirals that served the last Tsar, Nikolai II, during his reign 1894 - 1917, and also lists the order of battle of the Russian armed forces during those years. Included in Volume II of this bo...

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...