Robert Lyman’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro British military historian
Is Historian 
Military historian 
From United Kingdom 
Type Military 
Social science 
Gender male
Birth 13 June 1963
Age: 57 years
Star sign Gemini

Robert Lyman, 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

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. He has obtained five degrees, including a PhD, from as many universities.

Career

Following his career in the British Army, Lyman has published over 14 books on the Second World War in Europe, North Africa and Asia. He is widely regarded to be authoritative on the war in the Far East, in particular the Burma Campaign. 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. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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

Personal life

He lives in Shurlock Row in rural Berkshire, England with his wife Hannah and their children.

Published works

Book Year Published Other
Slim, Master of War 2004 Constable & Robinson ISBN 9781845292263
First Victory 2006 Constable & Robinson ISBN 9781845291082
Iraq 1941 2006 Osprey ISBN 9781841769912
The Generals 2008 Constable & Robinson ISBN 9781845294915
The Longest Siege: Tobruk, the Battle that Saved North Africa 2009 Macmillan ISBN 9780230710245
Kohima, 1944 2010 Osprey ISBN 9781846039393
Japan’s Last Bid for Victory 2011 Praetorian ISBN 9781848845428
Bill Slim 1994 Osprey ISBN 9781849085281
Operation Suicide 2012 Quercus ISBN 9780857382405 Translated into French
Into the Jaws of Death 2013 Quercus ISBN 9781471239809
Jail Busters 2014 Quercus ISBN 9781471275029
The Real X-Men 2015 Quercus ISBN 9781784294748
Among the Headhunters 2016 De Capo ISBN 9780306824678

Other contributions

  • Wrote a chapter in Professor Gary Sheffield’s book The Challenges of High Command (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).
  • Wrote the foreword to David Rooney’s Stilwell, The Patriot.
  • Contributed to General Sir Richard Dannatt’s biography Leading from the Front.
  • Contributed to Jeffrey Archer’s second volume of the Clifton Chronicles, The Sins of the Father.

    Broadcasts

    • Historian on Who Do You Think You Are documentaries for Alan Cumming and Nicky Campbell.
    • He was the historical consultant to the BBC for the VJ Day ceremonies in 2015.
    • He contributed to the documentary series Narrow Escapes of WW2.
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