Daniel Knowles

Daniel is an author and historian specialising in the war at sea and the war in the air during the Second World War. Following graduating with a Joint Honours degree in history and politics from Northumbria University, he has written several books on the Second World War including Tirpitz: The Life and Death of Germany's Last Great Battleship, The Battle of the Denmark Strait and RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War.

Elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2022, Daniel has appeared and worked on television documentaries including the series Secret Weapons of World War II. Alongside this he has delivered papers on RAF Bomber Command at higher education institutions, appeared on podcasts and written articles which have appeared in Britain at War magazine.

Alongside his career as an author and historian, Daniel is the Supply Chain Manager and RP for RMI Global Solutions, a bespoke solutions partner which supports operations in complex environments and manages risk though medical, security and technical solutions.

His forthcoming book builds upon his university dissertation and offers an insight into RAF Bomber Command's longest and most enduring battle. The work looks at the ways in which Bomber Command and the bombing of Germany has been portrayed in the years following the Second World War. The book focuses on the portrayals of Bomber Command in film, on TV and in literature and sheds a new light on how attitudes to Bomber Command have changed over time and have impacted upon the way we commemorate and remember the courage and sacrifice of the men of Bomber Command.