Craig W. H. Luther is a former Fulbright Scholar and a retired U.S. Air Force historian. He is author of Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow (Schiffer, 2014), The First Day on the Eastern Front: German Invades the Soviet Union, June 22, 1941 (Stackpole, 2018), and, with acclaimed historian David Stahel, Soldiers of Barbarossa: Combat, Genocide, and Everyday Experiences on the Eastern Front, June?December 1941 (Stackpole, 2020). He lives in Tehachapi, California.