DR NIGEL THOMAS is an accomplished linguist and military historian, formerly a Principal Lecturer at Northumbria University, now a freelance military author, translator and military consultant. He was awarded a PhD on the Eastern enlargement of NATO. His interests are 20th century military and civil uniformed organizations, particularly in Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, and he has written many titles ... Read morefor Osprey. He lives in Tyne-and-Wear, UK. KRUNOSLAV MIKULAN MA is a Lecturer at the Teacher Training College in _akovec, Croatia. His particular interests are the history, organization, uniforms and insignia of ex-Yugoslav military and internal security forces. He is the author and co-author of books on the Croatian police and on the Croatian forces in World War II; and is the co-author with Nigel Thomas of MAA 282 Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941–45. Darko Pavlovic was born in 1959 and currently lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia. A trained architect, he now works as a full-time illustrator and writer, specialising in militaria. Darko has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Men-at-Arms 282: 'Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941–45'. Show Less