Stephen Fisher

Stephen Fisher is an author, historian and archaeologist specialising in 20th century military conflict.

His first book, Sword Beach: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Forgotten Victory was published by Penguin in 2024 and has proved a popular publication, combining detailed research with a dramatic narrative to present the first comprehensive study of this famous action. At present he undertakes archaeological surveys of the New Forest and sails with National Geographic/Lindblad Expeditions as a historian.

Stephen is working on his second book for Transworld on the Battle of Walcheren, also known as Operation Infatuate, a key Allied operation during World War II that took place in November, 1944. The primary objective was to capture the heavily fortified Dutch island of Walcheren, which was crucial for opening the port of Antwerp to Allied shipping to supply the push into Nazi Germany.

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