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Historical Overview |
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1956 |
Directive to establish the Military History Research Agency on 1 January 1957. |
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1957 |
The Military History Research Agency is established in Langenau near Ulm. Colonel Dr. Hans Meier-Welcker, the head of the Military Research Branch in the Federal Ministry of Defense, is also appointed Director of the Research Agency. |
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1958 |
The History Research Agency is renamed 'Military History Research Institute' (MGFA). |
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1964 |
Colonel Dr. Wolfgang von Groote is appointed Director of the MGFA. |
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1976 |
The first issues of the periodical Militärgeschichtliche Mitteilungen (MGM) are published. |
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1968 |
Professor Andreas Hillgruber is appointed the first Chief Historian of the MGFA. |
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1969 |
The Historic Museum in Rastatt is renamed 'Wehrgeschichtliches Museum der Bundeswehr' and comes under the control of the MGFA. Colonel Dr. Herbert Schottelius is appointed Director of the MGFA. |
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1970 |
Dr. Rainer Wohlfeil is appointed Chief Historian of the MGFA. In the same year he is succeeded by Dr. Manfred Messerschmidt. |
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1972 |
Navy Captain Dr. Friedrich Forstmeier is appointed Director of the MGFA. |
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1975 |
Militärgeschichtliche Mitteilungen is for the first time supplemented by the international bibliography War and Society Newsletter. |
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1976 |
Colonel Dr. Othmar Hackl is appointed Director of the MGFA. |
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1978 |
Establishment of the new division "Training, Information, Specialized Studies" (AIF Division) |
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1979 |
The first volume of the series Germany and the Second World War is published in German under the heading Reasons and Preconditions of German War Politics. This is the 150th publication of the Institute. |
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1984 |
Opening of the traveling exhibition 'Rebellion of Conscience' in the Federal Diet. |
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1985 |
Colonel Dr. Günter Roth is appointed Director of the MGFA. |
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1989 |
Dr. Wilhelm Deist is appointed Chief Historian of the MGFA. |
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1990 |
Visit of the director of the Soviet Military History Institute, Senior General Professor Dimitrij Wolkogonov. Visit of the former Commander-in-Chief of the Warsaw Pact Forces, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Victor Kulikov. The former Military History Institute (MGI) and the former Army Museum of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) are integrated into the technical chain of command of the MGFA, and the latter becomes the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr. |
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1991 |
The periodical Militärgeschichtliche Beihefte is for the first time published under the new name Militärgeschichte (Military History). First official visit of a MGFA delegation to the Military History Institute of the Polish Armed Forces in Warsaw. |
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1992 |
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Bundeswehr, General Klaus Neumann, visits the MGFA and announces the relocation of the institute to Potsdam. |
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1994 |
Prof. Hans-Erich Volkmann succeeds Dr Deist and is appointed Director of Research. The Federal Minister of Defense, Dr Volker Rühe, introduces and presents the MGFA in Potsdam. The official residence of the MGFA is the 'Villa Ingenheim' in Zeppelinstrasse. |
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1995 |
The MGFA library is opened to the public. Navy Captain Dr. Werner Rahn is appointed Director of the MGFA. |
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1996 |
The Federal Minister of Defense, Dr. Volker Rühe, and the Vice-President of the Potsdam
University, Professor Bärbel Kirsch, establish a chair for military history. Appointed to this chair
is Professor Bernhard R. Kroener. Start of a comprehensive restoration project of all MGFA buildings the completion of which takes several years. |
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1997 |
Visit of the MGFA director, Navy Captain Dr. Werner Rahn, and of Dr. Bruno Thoss in Beijing. Colonel Friedhelm Klein is appointed Director of the MGFA. |
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1998 |
Opening of the exhibition 'Rebellion of Conscience' in St. Paul's Cathedral in Frankfurt/Main. Handover of the keys of the restored Villa Ingenheim. Working visit of the MGFA director,Colonel Friedhelm Klein, in Beijing. |
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1999 |
Dr. Klaus von Dohnanyi presents the conference paper compilation under the heading 'The Wehrmacht. Myth and Reality'. Working visit of the head of the Research Division, Professor Hans-Erich Volkmann, in the German Historic Institute (DHI) in Warsaw. |
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2001 |
Navy Captain Dr. Jörg Duppler, is appointed Director of the MGFA. |
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2003 |
Prof. Beatrice Heuser, formerly Professor of International and Strategic Studies at the Department of War Studies, King's College in London, is appointed Director of Research. |
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2004 |
Oberst Dr. Hans Ehlert is appointed Director of the MGFA |
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2004 |
Oberst Dr. Hans Ehlert is appointed Director of the MGFA |
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2005 |
The "Operations Support Unit" (Modul Einsatzunterstützung, MEU) is established as part of "Training, Information and Specialised Studies" division. The Wissenschaftsrat evaluates the Military History Research Institute. |
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2007 |
MGFA, SOWI, and Potsdam University start their degree program "Military Studies. Military History - Military Sociology". |
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2009 |
Prof. Dr. Michael Epkenhans, Director of the Otto-von-Bismarck Foundation, takes over the responsibility of the Director of Research. |
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2010 |
2010 Oberst Dr. Hans-Hubertus Mack is appointed Director of the MGFA.The Bundeswehr as an Army on Operations: new Project in the section Military History of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Alliance |
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