Simon Trew Explained
Simon Trew (born 1965) is a British military historian and author, specialising in D-Day and the Normandy Campaign. Trew served as a senior lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for nearly three decades, also serving at times as deputy and acting head. Trew has been featured in various television historical documentaries and live broadcasts, and has received a nomination for an Emmy award in 2009 for his contributions as a historical consultant.
Early life and education
Born in 1965,[1] Trew earned a First Class Honours Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Keele University in 1986, before completing his PhD in History in 1992.[2] His doctoral dissertation No Pity Distilled: Britain, Mihailovic and the Chetniks, 1941-2 focused on British relations with the Yugoslav Chetnik resistance movement during the Second World War.
Career
Trew lectured at the University of Keele before joining Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he served as a senior lecturer in the Department of War Studies from 1993 to 2022. During this time, he also held roles as deputy head of department from 2002 to 2012 and acting head from 2013 to 2014. Recognised as an expert on D-Day and the Normandy Campaign,[3] Trew has made numerous appearances in television historical documentaries and live broadcasts, including the BBC's commemorative anniversary broadcasts from Normandy.[4]
In 2004, the 13-part series Battle Zone Normandy, that he edited and contributed to, was selected in The Times D Day: Essential reading by the organisers of the Imperial War Museum’s D-Day exhibition.[5] In 2009 he was nominated for an Emmy award for his work as historical consultant on the BBC documentary D-Day: The True Story of Omaha Beach.[6]
Select bibliography
- Book: Trew, S. . none . D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: The Photographic History . Haynes Publishing UK . 2012 . 978-1-84425-868-0.
- Book: none . Battle Zone Normandy: Gold Beach . Sutton Publishing . 2016 . 978-0-7509-3011-6 .
- With Stephen Badsey: Book: none . Trew . S. . Badsey . S. . Battle for Caen . Sutton . Battle zone Normandy . 2004 . 978-0-7509-3010-9 .
- In: Book: none . Badsey . S. . Latawski . P. . Britain, NATO and the Lessons of the Balkan Conflicts, 1991 -1999 . Taylor & Francis . The Sandhurst Conference Series . Yugoslav Quagmires: The Image of the Past and the Fear of Intervention . 2004 . 978-1-135-76407-4 . https://books.google.com/books?id=CEeQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR5.
- In: Book: Badsey, S. . none . The Hutchinson Atlas of World War II Battle Plans: Before and After . Routledge . 2000 . 978-1-315-06324-9 . The Battle for Crete 1941 - The Pyrrhic Victory; The Battle of Berlin 1945 - The Final Battle.
- Book: Trew, S. . none . King's College London . Britain, Mihailović, and the Chetniks, 1941-42 . St. Martin's Press in association with King's College, London. Studies in military and strategic history . 1998 . 978-0-312-17757-7 .
- With Bob Carruthers: Book: none . Carruthers . B. . Trew . S. . The Normandy Battles . Cassell . 2000 . 978-0-304-35396-5 .
- With Gary Sheffield: Book: none . Trew . S. . 100 Years of Conflict, 1900-2000 . Sheffield . G. . Sutton . 2000 . 978-0-7509-2170-1.
- As editor: Book: none . Reynolds . A. . To War Without Arms: The D-Day Diary of an Army Chaplain . Trew . S. . Sabrestorm Publishing . 2019 . 978-1-78122-014-6.
- As editor: Book: none . Carruthers . B. . Servants of Evil: New First-Hand Accounts of the Second World War from Survivors of Hitler's Armed Forces . Trew . S. . MBI Publishing Company LLC . 2004 . 978-0-7603-2171-3.
- Book: Trew, S. . none . No pity distilled: Britain and the Chetniks, 1941 - 1942 . British Libr. Document Supply Centre . British thesis . v. 1 . 2024-04-22.
Television appearances
Notes and References
- Web site: 1965-02-14 . Simon Trew . LibraryThing.com.
- Web site: Dr Simon Trew . theculturalexperience . .
- Web site: Walton . James . 2020-07-30 . Bloody Omaha (BBC2) . The Telegraph.
- Web site: Trew . Simon . Simon Trew Books, Author Bio, Book Reviews & More at Alibris UK . Alibris UK.
- Web site: 2004-06-05 . D Day: Essential reading . 2024-04-22 . The Times & The Sunday Times.
- Web site: Dr Simon Trew . theculturalexperience . .
- Web site: 2010-06-05 . Timewatch, 2007-2008, Bloody Omaha . BBC.
- Web site: 2014-09-24 . Press Office . BBC.