Neal Dando
Neal Dando studied history at Plymouth University and gained his first degree in 2002. He worked in the Heritage industry before returning to postgraduate studies. His recently completed thesis has argued the importance of terrain in military studies and his main research has focussed on British operations during the Second World War, but he has always maintained a strong interest in many aspects of land warfare from the Black Powder period through to the modern era. Neal has contributed a chapter to the forthcoming work on changes in British methods of warfare by Ross Mahoney, Stuart Mitchell and Michael LoCicero (eds.) "A Military Transformed? Transformation and Innovation in the British Military, 1792-1945" (Helion). He has been an Associate Lecturer at Plymouth University since 2010. His current research interests include further analysis of subsequent British operations in the Mediterranean theatre and comparative studies of the effectiveness of British Army Divisions in combat.
Books
- Iron Resolve: 4th Armoured Brigade and the Gazala Battles, 1942 Volume 2 : Into the Cauldron – 4th Armoured Brigade at Gazala and the Fall of Tobruk, May–July 1942 Author
- Iron Resolve: 4th Armoured Brigade and the Gazala Battles, 1942 Volume 1 : From Reorganisation to Contact – 4th Armoured Brigade Before and Into Gazala, January–27 May 1942 Author
- The Tanks are Coming Through Now : The Battles at Gazala, 27 May-18 June 1942 Author
- From Tobruk to Tunis : The Impact of Terrain on British Operations and Doctrine in North Africa 1940-1943 Author
