Christoph Bergs is a military historian focusing on the history of airpower, air doctrine and air capabilities.

In 2018, Christoph founded the YouTube channel Military Aviation History publishing weekly educational videos on military aircraft, air operations and current events. His channel is set to bypass half a million subscribers in 2025 and has 100 million views. To educate the public on airpower, Christoph has worked with the Royal Air Force, the German Armed Forces, industry, and museums. On Military Aviation History, he interviews FASI experts and contributors where he discusses issues and events.

Next to being a member of the Freeman Air and Space Institute at King’s College London, Christoph is a member of the Clausewitz Network for Security Studies at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff Academy in Hamburg, Germany.

Christoph obtained a MA in History and International Relations at the University of Dundee, United Kingdom and a MA in International Cooperation from Seoul National University, South Korea. He has previously worked for the French government’s working group Mission du Centenaire de la Première Guerre Mondiale in Paris, France. Christoph is fluent in English, French and German.

Publications

In English

• STUKA – The Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber, Military History Group, 1. July 2022.
• STURMZUG - Tactics of the German Assault Platoon 44, Military History Group, June 2022 (revised ed.) (Co-editor).
• PANZER – The Medium Tank Company 1941, Military History Group, Feb. 2023 (revised ed.) (Co-editor).
• The Development of Close Air Support Structures in the Luftwaffe, 10. September 2022, Bavarian Army Museum, Ingolstadt, Germany. (Published in German, translation pending)
• Christoph organized the Panzerkonferenz 2022, a crowdfunded public conference on World War 2 attended by notable German military historians. There he presented on the development of Luftwaffe close air support between 1935-1945.