Peter Stachura

Who is Peter Stachura?

Peter D. Stachura is a British historian, writer, lecturer and essayist. He served as Professor of Modern European History at the University of Stirling and Director of its externally funded Centre for Research in Polish History established in May 2000. Stachura has published extensively on the subject of modern history of Poland and its people, the Polish military effort alongside the Allies, as well as, on the shaping of the Nazi German state and the European Theatre during World War II. He resides in Stirling, Scotland.

Peter Stachura was born to a Polish military émigré from the Polish Armed Forces in the West formed after the joint German–Soviet invasion of Poland in World War II. Stachura graduated from the University of Glasgow, the University of East Anglia, and the University of Stirling, where he became a Doctor of Letters in 1994. His main focus is on Polish history till 1945, the post-war history of the Poles in Scotland, Polish government-in-exile as well as the Weimar Republic established in 1919.