Martin Windrow

Martin Windrow
OccupationMilitary historian and author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
SubjectMilitary history, French history, Indochina, Algeria, French Foreign Legion, World War II
Notable worksThe Last Valley (2004), Our Friends Beneath the Sands (2010)

Martin C. Windrow (born 1944) is a British historian, editor and author of several hundred[1] books, articles and monographs, particularly those on organizational or physical details of military history, and the history of the post-war French Foreign Legion.[1][2] His most notable works include The Last Valley, an account of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu during the First Indochina War, which was published in 2004 to "critical acclaim", and Our Friends beneath the Sands published in 2010.[2]

  1. ^ a b Windrow, Martin The Last Valley, preface
  2. ^ a b Osprey Publishing info page Archived 2006-10-21 at the Wayback Machine retrieved on March 10, 2007