David R. Higgins

In addition to my books I've written nearly 50 military/military history articles covering ancient to modern era subjects (e.g. Strategy & Tactics, Armchair General, Modern War, World at War, and MCSGroup, a conflict simulation provider for the US DoD). I also acted as an on-screen consultant for Greatest Tank Battles (Season 3) for episodes on the Western Front's final WWII armor battles, and Michael Wittmann..

My primary military interest is on the Second World War (Europe), First World War, American Civil War, and Thirty Years' War.

Some of the "vacations" I've taken in the last few years:

2015- VMI, Sailor's Creek, Five Forks, Drewry's Bluff, Tredager Iron Works, Yellow Tavern, Confederate White House, Museum of the Confederacy, Stuart's 1862 Ride, Gaines Mill, Cold Harbor, Malvern Hill, Stratford Hall, Fredericksburg, Aquila Creek, North Anna, Winchester, Cedar Mtn

2012- Camden, Kings Mtn, Cowpens, SC; Ft Fisher, Battleship North Carolina, Bentonville, NC; Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, VA

2011- France (Chateau-Thierry, Belleau Wood, Marne, Verdun, Meuse-Argonne, Stonne, Sedan, Aire-sur-la-Lys, Agincourt, Crecy, Abbeville, Amiens, Villers-Bretonneaux, Somme, Arras, Cambrai, Saumur Tank Museum), Belgium (Bastogne, Houffalaize, La Gleize, Liege, Eben Emael, Kallo, Ypres, Passendale, Vimy Ridge), Germany (Aachen, Jülich, Düren, Hürtgen Forest, Schwammenauel Dam), Netherlands (Maastricht, Hulst)

2010- Pennsylvania (Hanover, Gettysburg, and Chambersburg), Ft. Knox (where I was granted access to the interior of their Tiger II for research)

2009- Assistant Restoration Technician (replacing a brake line on a Panzer III L and various work on a Panzer IV F2) (U.S. Army Cavalry and Armor Museum, Ft. Knox)

2008- Ft. Riley, Kansas, Civil War cites in Missouri (Mt. Zion Church, Roan's Tan Yard, Glasgow, Booneville, Little Blue River, Lexington, Liberty, Westport, Byram's Ford, Lone Jack, Ft Davidson, Fredericktown, and Cape Girardeau), Tennessee (Shiloh/Iuka, Jackson, Parker's Cross Roads, Johnsonville, Dover, and Forts Pillow, Donelson, and Henry), Indiana (Corydon), Kentucky (Middle Creek, Ivy Mtn., Mill Springs, Camp Wildcat), Kentucky Machine Gun Shoot, and the Patton Museum

2007- Danville Tank Museum, final Confederate capital, and Virginia battlefields (Lynchburg, Port Royal, Winchester, Manasas, Cross Keys, Kernstown, New Market, Fischer's Hill, Tom's Brook, Thoroughfare Gap, and Ball's Bluff), Washington D.C. forts, Smithsonian

2006- Flight on the B-17G "Liberty Bell," Central Kentucky (Perryville, Cynthiana, and Richmond), South Carolina (Honey Hill, Beaufort, Grimball's Island, Secessionville, and Forts Wagner, Walker, and Moultrie), Parris Island, and 8th Air Force Museum, Georgia

2005- Virginia (Yorktown, Big Bethel, Hampton Roads, Ft. Norfolk, Suffolk, and Swell's Point), Virginia War Museum, and USS Wisconsin

2004- Maryland (Folcks Mill, Hancock, Williamsport, Boonsboro, Harper's Ferry, South Mtn, Antietam, Monocacy), Ft Frederick, and Aberdeen Proving Grounds where I was able to meet with Thomas Jentz (armor historian/author)

2003- Georgia (Forts McAllister, Jackson, and Pulaski, as well as "off the beaten trail" sites found by referencing period and modern maps e.g. Forts Thunderbolt and Lee)