About the Author

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Przemyslaw Budzbon is a naval architect who worked on warship construction for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. He has written widely on the history of the Polish and Soviet navies of WW2 for Warship Quarterly and other European naval magazines. He contributed to Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships series and his book Soviet Navy at War 1941–45 was published in 1989. Since 2019 he has resumed his writing for Warship and has recently published two books on Polish shipyards from the post-1990 era.

Piotr Forkasiewicz was born in 1978 in Opole, Poland, and has been a digital artist for over 20 years. In recent years his projects have ranged from graphic and industrial design to animation. His greatest passion is military history illustration, particularly aviation and naval. Following in the footsteps of traditional artists, he has created illustrations for books, magazines, model manufacturers, and for individual collectors worldwide. Piotr lives in Czestochowa with his wife and two sons.