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Digby Smith
AuthorBooks · Second hand1935-2024
Digby George Smith, who also used the pseudonym Otto von Pivka, was a British military historian. The son of a British career soldier, he was born in Hampshire, England, but spent several years in India and Pakistan as a child and youth. As a "boy soldier", he entered training in the British Army at the age of 16. He was later commissioned in the Royal Corps of Signals, and held several postings with the British Army of the Rhine.
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About Digby Smith
Birth
1935
Death
2024
Digby George Smith, who also used the pseudonym Otto von Pivka, was a British military historian. The son of a British career soldier, he was born in Hampshire, England, but spent several years in India and Pakistan as a child and youth. As a "boy soldier", he entered training in the British Army at the age of 16. He was later commissioned in the Royal Corps of Signals, and held several postings with the British Army of the Rhine.
Digby Smith was a prominent British military historian specializing in the Napoleonic Wars.
His career spanned diverse roles, from serving as a major in the army to working as a television actor.
He is the author of fifteen works dedicated primarily to the study of military history and period uniforms.
His book Charge! stands out as one of his most recognized works within his extensive bibliography.
Born in Aldershot, he dedicated his life to deeply researching European conflicts of the 18th and 19th centuries.
