Hon Professorial Fellow
Matthias Strohn is Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Humanities Research Institute and teaches on the University’s programmes based in London. He is also the Head of Historical Analysis at the Centre for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR), the strategic think tank for the British Army. In addition, he is Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Modern War Studies at the University of Fortune. Professor Strohn is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a member of the British Commission for Military History. He was educated at the University of Münster (Germany) and the University of Oxford, from which he received his Master’s and doctoral degrees.
Professor Strohn is a specialist in the history of war in the 20th century, with a special interest in the World Wars, command and leadership, the development of doctrine and the application of doctrine on the battlefield. His DPhil. thesis was published by Cambridge University Press under the title The German Army and the Defence of the Reich in 2011 (paperback 2017). In total, Professor Strohn has written and edited over 20 books and numerous articles. He is also the co-host of the podcast WW2: Both Sides of the Wire.
Prof Strohn is a frequent commentator on military history and current military affairs, and he has appeared on a wide range of media from TV documentaries and news channels to Europe’s largest tabloid newspaper. He is also a keen battlefield studies guide, and he has led military and civilian groups all over Europe, from Madrid to Stalingrad.
Professor Strohn holds the rank of Oberst d. R. (Colonel) in the German Army, and he is the head of the German military delegation in the UK (R). An artillery officer by background, he served as a member of the military attaché corps with deployments to Madrid, Paris, and London. He also served as desk officer in the Political Department of the German Ministry of Defence, and as the staff officer for military history and strategy at the German Armed Forces Command and Staff College. He deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan with both the British Army and the German Bundeswehr. For his services to the German military and Anglo-German defence relations he was awarded the highest German military (non-combat) decoration, the Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in Gold.
Professor Strohn supervises MA and doctoral research on 20th and 21st century war studies and military history.
Selected Publications
- Matthias Strohn, The German Army and the Defence of the Reich (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017)
- Matthias Strohn, Winning Wars (Oxford: Casemate, 2020)
- Matthias Strohn, The Long Shadow of World War Two (Oxford: Casemate, 2021)