Martin C. Windrow (born 1944) is a British

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, editor and

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of several hundredWindrow, Martin ''The Last Valley'', preface books, articles and

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s, particularly those on organizational or physical details of military history, and the history of the

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retrieved on March 10, 2007 His most notable works include ''The Last Valley'', an account of the

Battle of Dien Bien Phu The Battle of Dien Bien Phu (french: Bataille de Diên Biên Phu ; vi, Chiến dịch Điện Biên Phủ, ) was a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. It was fought between the Fr ...

during the

First Indochina War The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam) began in French Indochina from 19 December 1946 to 20 July 1954 between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vi ...

, which was published in 2004 to "critical acclaim", and ''Our Friends beneath the Sands'' published in 2010.

Biography

Windrow was educated at

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, a boarding

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in the village of

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. He began working on commission as an editor of articles on military and aviation history in the 1970s. He is an Associate of the

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and the Foreign Legion Association of Great Britain.

Works

* ''Rommel's Desert Army'', 1976. * ''Tank and AFV Crew Uniforms Since 1916'', Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1979, . * ''The Waffen-SS'', Osprey Publishing, 1984. . * ''Inside the Soviet Army Today'', 1987. * ''French Foreign Legion''. Men-at-Arms-Series; Osprey Military No. 300. Osprey, London 1996, . * ''The Algerian War, 1954-62''. Men-at Arms-Series; Osprey Military No. 312. Osprey, London 1997, . * ''Military Dress of the Peninsular War, 1808-14'', 1998. * ''The French Indochina War 1946–54'', 1998. * ''French Foreign Legion, 1914-45'', 1999. * ''The World's Greatest Military Leaders'', 2000. * ''Warriors and Warlords: The Art of Angus McBride'', 2002. * ''The Last Valley'', 2004. * '' Not One Step Back'', 2009. * ''Our Friends Beneath the Sands'', 2010.Osprey Publishin
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retrieved on March 10, 2007 * ''The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar'', 2014.

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* 1944 births Living people British historians British military writers British military historians People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire {{UK-historian-stub