Robert Lyman

Robert Lyman
MBE FRHistS
Born (1963-01-13) 13 January 1963 (age 63)
New Zealand
EducationScotch College Melbourne, University of York (BA), King's College London (MA), University of Wales (MA), Cranfield University (BA), University of East Anglia (PhD)
Alma materRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst
OccupationMilitary historian
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
SubjectModern history
Websitewww.robertlyman.com

Robert Murray Lyman MBE FRHistS (born 13 June 1963) is a British military historian. He has published a number of popular books on the Second World War.

Biography

Education

Born in New Zealand, Lyman was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and joined the British Army at the age of 18. He was commissioned into the Light Infantry from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1982 and left the army as a Major.

Career

Following his career in the British Army, Lyman has published over 16 books on the Second World War in Europe, North Africa and Asia. He regularly appears on TV and radio and reviews books for newspapers and magazines. His presentation of the case for Field Marshal Sir William Slim won a National Army Museum debate in 2011 for Britain's Greatest General and his case for Kohima/Imphal won a National Army Museum debate in 2012 for Britain's Greatest Battle. Lyman regularly gives lectures at organisations such as the National Army Museum, and he is also a battlefield guide.

Lyman has been a trustee of the Kohima Educational Trust since 2004, and chairman between 2008 and 2016.

He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Lyman was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to military history and charity work in Nagaland.

Published works

Book Year Published Other
Slim, Master of War 2004 Constable & Robinson ISBN 9781845292263
First Victory: Britain's Forgotten Struggle in the Middle East, 1941 2006 Constable & Robinson ISBN 9781845291082
Iraq 1941: The Battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad 2006 Osprey ISBN 9781841769912
The Generals: From Defeat to Victory, Leadership in Asia, 1941-45 2008 Constable & Robinson ISBN 9781845294915
The Longest Siege: Tobruk, the Battle that Saved North Africa 2009 Macmillan ISBN 9780230710245
Kohima 1944: The Battle That Saved India 2010 Osprey ISBN 9781846039393
Japan's Last Bid for Victory: The Invasion of India 1944 2011 Praetorian ISBN 9781848845428
Bill Slim 2011 Osprey ISBN 9781849085281
Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid 2012 Quercus ISBN 9780857382405 Translated into French
Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire 2013 Quercus ISBN 9781471239809
Jail Busters: The Secret Story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho 2014 Quercus ISBN 9781471275029
The Real X-Men: The Heroic Story of the Underwater War 1942-1945 2015 Quercus ISBN 9781784294748
Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle 2016 Da Capo ISBN 9780306824678
The Rise of the Third Reich: The Takeover of the Continent in the Words of Observers 2018 Amberley ISBN 9781445687261
Under a Darkening Sky: The American Experience in Nazi Europe, 1939-1941 2018 Pegasus ISBN 9781681777368
A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma & Britain 1941-45 2021 Osprey ISBN 1472847148
Operation Jericho: Freeing the French Resistance from Gestapo jail, Amiens 1944 2022 Osprey ISBN 1472852060
Victory to Defeat: The British Army 1918-40 2023 Osprey ISBN 1472860861
Korea: War Without End 2025 Osprey ISBN 9781472869753

Other contributions

Broadcasts

References

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  5. ↑ "The Battle for Fallujah Matters Again". Bloomberg. Bloomberg News. June 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "National Army Museum debate in 2012 for Britain's Greatest Battle". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  7. ↑ "National Army Museum debate in 2011 for Britain's Greatest General". BBC. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "National Army Museum". Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Battlefield Guid". Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "KET". Kohima Educational Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. ↑ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N29.
  12. ↑ Slim, Master of War. Littlebrown.co.uk. 31 January 2019. ISBN 9781845292263. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  13. ↑ First Victory. Littlebrown.co.uk. 31 January 2019. ISBN 9781845291082. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Iraq 1941". Osprey Publishing. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  15. ↑ The Generals. Littlebrown.co.uk. 31 January 2019. ISBN 9781845294915. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  16. ↑ "Tobruk: The Longest Siege". Panmacmillan. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  17. ↑ "Kohima 1944". Osprey Publishing. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  18. ↑ "Japan's Last Bid for Victory". Praetorian. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  19. ↑ "Bill Slim". Osprey Publishing. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "Operation Suicide". Quercus Books. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  21. ↑ "Into the Jaws of Death". Quercus Books. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  22. ↑ "Jail Busters". Quercus Books. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "The Real X-Men". Quercus Books. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "Among the Headhunters". Da Capo Press. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  25. ↑ "The Rise of the Third Reich". Da Capo Press. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  26. ↑ "Under a Darkening Sky". Pegasus. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  27. ↑ "A War of Empires". Osprey. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  28. ↑ "Operation Jericho". Osprey. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  29. ↑ "Victory to Defeat". Osprey. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  30. ↑ "Korea: War Without End". Osprey. Retrieved 2 October 2026.
  31. ↑ "The Challenges of High Command". SpringerLink. Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  32. ↑ "Stilwell, the Patriot". Skyhorse Publishing. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  33. ↑ "Leading from the Front". randomhouse.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  34. ↑ "The Sins of the Father". jeffreyarcher.com. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  35. ↑ "Who Do You Think You Are". BBC. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  36. ↑ "VJ Day Commemorations". The Times. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  37. ↑ "Narrow Escapes of WW2". IMDB. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  38. ↑ "The War in the Pacific: How WWII Changed the World Forever - Dr Robert Lyman". YouTube. 13 October 2024.