
Russell Phillips writes military history and RPG books. Born and brought up in a mining village in South Yorkshire, they have lived and worked in South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cumbria and Staffordshire. Russell has always had a deep interest in history and conflicts all over the world, and enjoys sharing their knowledge with others through clear, factual accounts which shine a light on events of the past. Their articles have been published in Miniature Wargames, Wargames Illustrated, The Wargames Website, and the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers' Journal. They have been interviewed on WW2TV, BBC Radio Stoke, The WW2 Podcast, and Cold War Conversations. They currently live in Stoke-on-Trent with their wife and two children.
Books

A Damn Close-Run Thing
A Brief History of the Falklands Conflict
2011

This We'll Defend
The Weapons & Equipment of the US Army
2011

A Fleet in Being
Austro-Hungarian Warships of WW1
2011

Red Steel
Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of the Cold War
2013

The Bear's Claws
A Novel of World War III
2019

A Strange Campaign
The Battle for Madagascar
2021

A Ray of Light
Reinhard Heydrich, Lidice, and the North Staffordshire Miners
2016

Operation Nimrod
The Iranian Embassy Siege
2015