Nigel Thomas is currently head of the Modern Languages Centre and Business Language Unit at the University of Northumbria. He has authored and co-authored many Osprey titles such as MAA 282 'Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941-45'. Darko Pavlovic was born in 1959 and currently lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia. He has already illustrated Men-at-Arms 282 'Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941-45' and Elite 60 'U-Boat Crews 1914-45'. Darko has also written titles for the Osprey Men-at-Arms series on the Austrian army of the 19th century.