David Stahel

David Stahel was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1975. He completed an honors degree in history at Monash University in Melbourne, an MA in war studies at King's College London, and a PhD at the Humboldt University in Berlin. His research has centered primarily on German military history and particularly the Wehrmacht's war against the Soviet Union. Stahel is senior lecturer in European history at the University of New South Wales in Canberra. His titles include The Battle for Moscow, Retreat from Moscow, and Operation Typhoon.