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Robert Lyman

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in Dunedin, New Zealand

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http://www.robertlyman.com

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History, Biography, Nonfiction

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My experiences as a soldier

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By birth a New Zealander, I was educated in Australia and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. After a 20-year career in the British Army I turned my hand to writing, my PhD being published in 2004 as 'Slim, Master of War, a military biography of arguably Britain's greatest field commander of WW2.

I am a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

I am a trustee of the Kohima Educational Trust, which seeks to provide educational opportunities for young learners in Nagaland.
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	A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma and Britain: 1941–45 4.31 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Suicide: The Remarkable Story of the Cockleshell Raid 4.02 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Longest Siege: Tobruk - The Battle That Saved North Africa 4.12 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle 3.42 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Real X-Men: The Heroic Story of the Underwater War 1942–1945 4.29 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire 4.02 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2013 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slim, Master of War 4.19 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japan's Last Bid for Victory: The Invasion of India, 1944 4.14 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jail Busters: The Secret Story of MI6, the French Resistance and Operation Jericho 3.91 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iraq 1941: The battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad (Campaign, 165) by Robert Lyman (Goodreads Author), Howard Gerrard (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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