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Ryan K. Noppen
Author of:
Austro-Hungarian Battleships 1914–18,
Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914–18,
French Battleships 1914–45,
German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II,
German Commerce Raiders 1914–18,
Holland 1940,
Malta 1940–42,
Mers el-Kébir 1940,
Ottoman Navy Warships 1914–18,
The Royal Netherlands Navy of World War II,
US Navy Dreadnoughts 1914–45
Biography
Ryan K. Noppen is a military author and consultant originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan and holds a Master of Arts degree in European History from Purdue University. He has worked as a naval and aviation subject matter expert on projects for the US Navy, taught college courses in military history, and has served as the headmaster of a Classical grammar school. A scholar of Dutch, German, and Central European military history, he has published a major history of Dutch air power and has written several titles for Osprey. He lives in California, USA.