Michael Chappell
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Michael Chappell (born 1935) is an author and illustrator of military books. Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with links to the British Army going back several generations. He enlisted as a Private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 aged 17, and transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment in 1955. He retired in 1974 as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers). During his military career of 22 years he saw service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and various British garrisons.[1]
He first began painting military subjects for his own interest in 1968, turning professional when he left the Army. His many years of military service actually wearing the kit and using the weapons in his illustrations give him a unique insight. Consequently, Chappell has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator, having written and illustrated over 100 books, many for Osprey Publishing. He now lives in France.
[edit] Osprey books written and/or illustrated by Chappell
Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II
The British Army in World War I (3) The Eastern Fronts
The British Army in World War I (2) The Western Front 1916–18
World War II Infantry Tactics Squad and Platoon
Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (2) The Light Infantry
The British Army in World War I (1) The Western Front 1914–16
Wellington's Peninsula Regiments (1) The Irish
Luftwaffe Air & Ground Crew 1939–45
The British Army 1939–45 (3) The Far East
The British Army 1939–45 (2) Middle East & Mediterranean
British Cavalry Equipments 1800–1941
Axis Cavalry in World War II
The Indian Army 1914–1947
The US Army in World War II
The British Army 1939–45 (1) North-West Europe
The US Army in World War II (3) Northwest Europe
The US Army in World War II (2) The Mediterranean
US Paratrooper 1941–45
The US Army in World War II (1) The Pacific
The King's German Legion (2) 1812–16
The King's German Legion (1) 1803–12
British Infantry Equipments (2) 1908–2000
British Infantry Equipments (1) 1808–1908
French Foreign Legion 1914–45
Panzerkampfwagen III Medium Tank 1936–44
The French Indochina War 1946–54
The French Army 1939–45 (2)
The French Army 1939–45 (1)
The Algerian War 1954–62
Redcaps: Britain's Military Police
Junkers Ju 87 Stukageschwader 1937–41
French Foreign Legion Infantry and Cavalry since 1945
Army Commandos 1940–45
British Tommy 1914–18
The Guards Divisions 1914–45
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front
US Marine Corps 1941–45
Scottish Divisions in the World Wars
International Brigades in Spain 1936–39
The Gurkhas
18th-Century Highlanders
Churchill Infantry Tank 1941–51
Security Forces in Northern Ireland 1969–92
British Battledress 1937–61
Napoleon's Italian Troops
British Territorial Units 1914–18
The War in Cambodia 1970–75
The British Army in the 1980s
British Battle Insignia (2) 1939–45
British Battle Insignia (1) 1914–18
Modern African Wars (1) Rhodesia 1965–80
The Korean War 1950–53
The Canadian Army at War
Armies of the Vietnam War (2)
Partisan Warfare 1941–45
German Airborne Troops 1939–45
British Cavalry Equipments 1800-1941
Germany's Eastern Front Allies 1941–45
Battle for the Falklands (1) Land Forces
The Israeli Army in the Middle East Wars 1948–73
Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 1948–73
The Malayan Campaign 1948–60
The Australian Army at War 1899–1975
Armies of the Vietnam War 1962–75
British Guards Armoured Division 1941-45
Allied Tank Destroyers
The Lee / Grant Tanks in British Service [2]
