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Manfred Messerschmidt
Born(1926-10-01)1 October 1926
Dortmund, Westphalia, Prussia, Weimar Republic
Died19 December 2022(2022-12-19) (aged 96)
Occupations
  • Historian
  • jurist
  • author
  • editor
Academic background
Education
  • University of Münster
  • University of Freiburg
Academic work
Era19th and 20th centuries
InstitutionsMilitary History Research Office
Main interestsModern European history, military history, historiography
Notable worksGermany and the Second World War

Manfred Messerschmidt (1 October 1926 – 19 December 2022) was a German historian who specialised in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II. He was the longtime research director at the Military History Research Office (MGFA) who conceived and launched the seminal series of books Germany and the Second World War, edited by the MGFA.

Messerschmidt was one of the most important military historians of Germany after 1945 and is considered to be the founder of modern military history in Germany. He was an expert on international military law and an author of multiple books on German military history of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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