Iain Ballantyne

Although he has written several naval history books, including on the Second World War and the Cold War, Iain Ballantyne has during the course of his career as a journalist, editor, and author also covered the activities of land forces. Thoe assignments took him to Kuwait, Oman, Northern Ireland, Bosnia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and Hong Kong, sometimes during times of conflict.

Iain has also visited WW2 battlefields in company with those who fought there as young men, while also spending hours in conversation with Arnhem veterans. As a teenager Iain embarked on an expedition to follow the course of the Rhine, including a pilgrimage to Oosterbeek and Arnhem. He retraced the route of the British Airborne soldiers in 1944 as they tried to take the famous 'bridge too far.'