Robert Lyman Explained

Robert Lyman
Birth Date:	1963 1, df=yes
Occupation:	Military historian
Language:	English
Nationality:	New Zealand
Education:	Scotch College Melbourne, University of York (BA), King's College London (MA), University of Wales (MA), Cranfield University (BA), University of East Anglia (PhD)
Alma Mater:	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Subject:	Modern history

Robert Murray Lyman (born 13 June 1963) is a British military historian. He has published a number of popular books on the Second World War.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^{[5] [6]} Lyman regularly gives lectures at organisations such as the National Army Museum, and he is also a battlefield guide.^{[7] [8]}

Lyman has been a trustee of the Kohima Educational Trust since 2004, and chairman between 2008 and 2016.^[9]

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	^[10]
First Victory	2006	Constable & Robinson	^[11]
Iraq 1941	2006	Osprey	^[12]
The Generals	2008	Constable & Robinson	^[13]
The Longest Siege: Tobruk, the Battle that Saved North Africa	2009	Macmillan	^[14]
Kohima, 1944	2010	Osprey	^[15]
Japan's Last Bid for Victory	2011	Praetorian	^[16]
Bill Slim	1994	Osprey	^[17]
Operation Suicide	2012	Quercus	^[18] Translated into French
Into the Jaws of Death	2013	Quercus	^[19]
Jail Busters	2014	Quercus	^[20]
The Real X-Men	2015	Quercus	^[21]
Among the Headhunters	2016	Da Capo	^[22]
The Rise of the Third Reich	2018	Amberley	^[23]
Under a Darkening Sky	2018	Pegasus	^[24]
A War of Empires	2021	Osprey	^[25]
Operation Jericho	2022	Osprey	^[26]
Victory to Defeat	2023	Osprey	^[27]

Other contributions

• Wrote a chapter in Professor Gary Sheffield's book The Challenges of High Command (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003).^[28]
• Wrote the foreword to David Rooney's Stilwell, The Patriot.^[29]
• Contributed to General Sir Richard Dannatt's biography Leading from the Front.^[30]
• Contributed to Jeffrey Archer's second volume of the Clifton Chronicles, The Sins of the Father.^[31]

Broadcasts

• Historian on Who Do You Think You Are documentaries for Alan Cumming and Nicky Campbell.^[32]
• He was the historical consultant to the BBC for the VJ Day ceremonies in 2015 and 2020.^[33]
• He contributed to the documentary series Narrow Escapes of WW2.^[34]

External links

• The Kohima Educational Trust

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robert Lyman . The Viney Agency . 17 January 2022.
2. Web site: Robert Lyman . Amazon UK . 17 January 2022.
3. Web site: Robert Lyman . 21 April 2017 . 17 January 2022.
4. News: The Battle for Fallujah Matters Again . Bloomberg . June 2016 . Bloomberg News . 17 January 2022.
5. Web site: National Army Museum debate in 2012 for Britain's Greatest Battle. Daily Telegraph . https://web.archive.org/web/20130421111650/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10008053/Second-World-War-clashes-named-as-Greatest-British-Battle.html . dead . 21 April 2013 . 17 January 2022.
6. News: National Army Museum debate in 2011 for Britain's Greatest General . 8 April 2011 . BBC . 17 January 2022.
7. Web site: National Army Museum . 17 January 2022.
8. Web site: Battlefield Guid . 17 January 2022.
9. Web site: KET . Kohima Educational Trust . 17 January 2022.
10. Book: Slim, Master of War . 31 January 2019 . Littlebrown.co.uk . 9781845292263 . 17 January 2022.
11. Book: First Victory . 31 January 2019 . Littlebrown.co.uk . 9781845291082 . 17 January 2022.
12. Web site: Iraq 1941 . Osprey Publishing . 17 January 2022.
13. Book: The Generals . 31 January 2019 . Littlebrown.co.uk. 9781845294915 . 17 January 2022.
14. Web site: Tobruk: The Longest Siege . Panmacmillan. 17 January 2022.
15. Web site: Kohima 1944 . Osprey Publishing . 17 January 2022.
16. Web site: Japan's Last Bid for Victory . Praetorian . 17 January 2022.
17. Web site: Bill Slim . Osprey Publishing . 17 January 2022.
18. Web site: Operation Suicide . Quercus Books . 17 January 2022.
19. Web site: Into the Jaws of Death . Quercus Books . 17 January 2022.
20. Web site: Jail Busters . Quercus Books . 17 January 2022.
21. Web site: The Real X-Men . Quercus Books . 17 January 2022.
22. Web site: Among the Headhunters . Da Capo Press . 17 January 2022.
23. Web site: The Rise of the Third Reich . Da Capo Press . 17 January 2022.
24. Web site: Under a Darkening Sky. Pegasus. 17 January 2022.
25. Web site: A War of Empires. Osprey. 17 January 2022.
26. Web site: Operation Jericho. Osprey. 16 July 2022.
27. Web site: Victory to Defeat. Osprey. 14 July 2024.
28. Web site: The Challenges of High Command . Palgrave Macmillan . 17 January 2022.
29. Web site: Stilwell, the Patriot . Skyhorse Publishing . 17 January 2022.
30. Web site: Leading from the Front . randomhouse.com . 17 January 2022.
31. Web site: The Sins of the Father. jeffreyarcher.com . 17 January 2022.
32. Web site: Who Do You Think You Are . BBC . 17 January 2022.
33. Web site: VJ Day Commemorations . . 17 January 2022.
34. Web site: Narrow Escapes of WW2 . IMDB . 17 January 2022.