Major General Hubert Essame, CBE, DSO, MC (24 December 1896 – 2 March 1976) was a British Army officer who fought in the First and Second World Wars. He was also a military lecturer, historian and broadcaster.
His military career orn on 24 December 1896, Hubert Essame was the son of Ernest H. Essame of Wokingham. He was educated at Nottingham High School.
Following his retirement from the army, Essame worked as a military historian. He was a lecturer in military history at King’s College London, and published several books and articles. He was an advisor to television producers for military programmes.
The Battle for Germany: September 1944–May 1945
‘a first-rate and highly readable account of the campaign that ended with the surrender of Germany.’ The American Historical Review
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Normandy Bridgehead
The epic story of what happened after the beaches had been stormed during D-Day.
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Patton the Commander
An exceptional biography of the outstanding champion of armored warfare in the Second World War.
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The Battle for Europe, 1918
Step onto the battlefields of the brutal final year of World War One, where Allied soldiers, weary from years of conflict, faced off against the Central Powers in a last-ditch struggle for supremacy.
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