Robert Kershaw is a previous commander of 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment. He attended German Staff College, spending a further two years with the Bundeswehr as an infantry, airborne and arctic warfare instructor. He speaks fluent German. On leaving the British Army in 2006, he became a full-time author. His most recent book was the critically acclaimed Dünkirchen 1940: The German View of Dunkirk (Osprey, 2022). He lives in Salisbury, England.