Military History Research Office (MGFA), Chief Historian Military History Working Group, Chairman
Main interests
Modern European history, military history, historiography
Notable works
Germany and the Second World War
Wilhelm Deist (1931–2003) was a German historian and author who specialised in the European history of 19th and 20th with an emphasis on the history of World War I. Deist was senior historian at the Military History Research Office (MGFA) and honorary professor at the University of Freiburg. Deist was a widely published author and a chief editor of the seminal series Germany and the Second World War from the MGFA.
Deist's research focused on the history of the First and Second World Wars. He had a long career at the MGFA, where he succeeded Manfred Messerschmidt as chief historian and oversaw Germany and the Second World War.[1] Under Deist's direction, the series continued to emphasise multi-disciplinary approach to the war, integrating political, societal and economic research, in addition to providing the classic operational history. According to the historian and journalist Sven Felix Kellerhoff, the completed series shows that this goal has been met: of the 87 contributions, 44 are dealing with operations in a narrow sense, the others with their precursors and consequences.[2]
Deist was a founding member the Military History Working Group, a professional association of German military historians. From 1995 to 2002, he was the chairman of the association, and from 2002 to 2003, its honorary chairman. In 2006, the association established the Wilhelm Deist Prize for Military History in his honour.[3]
WilhelmDeist (1931–2003) was a German historian and author who specialised in the European history of 19th and 20th with an emphasis on the history of...
Institute of the University of Bern. Initially chaired by historian WilhelmDeist, it is chaired by historian Stig Förster [de] as of 2017. In cooperation...
1850–1914 (1977) pp. 17–70. Mombauer, Annika and WilhelmDeist, eds. The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II's Role in Imperial Germany (2003) Mommsen, Wolfgang...
source of divine knowledge. Such philosophers and theologians were called "Deists", and the philosophical/theological position they advocated is called "Deism"...
Policy and Preparation for War" from Germany and the Second World War, WilhelmDeist, Hans-Erich Vokmann & Wolfram Wette (eds.), Vol. I, Clarendon Press:...
Resettlement and Population Policy, 1939–1945 (Cambridge, 1957), p. 87 WilhelmDeist, Bernhard R Kroener, Germany (Federal Republic). Militärgeschichtliches...
emperors" Mombauer, Annika. "Wilhelm II, Waldersee, and the Boxer Rebellion". pp. 91–118, The Kaiser, Annika Mombauer and WilhelmDeist, Eds. Cambridge:Cambridge...
Imperialism, 1890–1902 (1935) online. Mombauer, Annika; Deist, Wilhelm (2003). The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II's Role in Imperial Germany. Cambridge University...
Appeasement in the 1930s" Canadian Journal of History 3.2 (1968): 27-52. WilhelmDeist, Wehrmacht and the German Rearmament (1981) "Sowing the Wind: The First...
World Wars," in The German Military in the Age of Total War, edited by WilhelmDeist, 40–70. Leamington Spa: Berg, 1985. Chickering, Roger. Imperial Germany...
Marinerüstung 1919 - 1942: die Gefahren der Tirpitz-Tradition, edited by Wilhelm Treue, Eberhard Möller, Werner Rahn (1992). Vom Kaiserreich zur Bundesrepublik:...
6., Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe, Abt. 456, vol. 70. Reprinted in WilhelmDeist, Militär und Innenpolitik im Weltkrieg 1914–1918 (Military and Domestic...
themselves as pandeists as well, to underscore that "they share with the deists the idea that God is not a personal God who desires to be worshipped". It...
This is a partial list of people who have been categorized as Deists, the belief in a deity based on natural religion only, or belief in religious truths...
Wilhelm II’s Role in Imperial Germany eds. Annika Mombauer and Wilhelm Deist. (Cambridge University Press, 2004) pp. 91–118. Trosclair, Wade James, "Alfred...
million- Grand Total 8.765 million in annexed territories. Source: WilhelmDeist, Bernhard R Kroener, Germany (Federal Republic). Militärgeschichtliches...
Voraussetzungen der deutschen Kriegspolitik The Build-up of German Aggression WilhelmDeist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann, Wolfram Wette P. S. Falla...
Planning 1914 (2014) pp 48–79 Mombauer, Annika and WilhelmDeist, eds. The Kaiser: New Research on Wilhelm II's Role in Imperial Germany (2003) Murray, Michelle...
History book about Nazi Germany Vol. I: Build-up of German Aggression WilhelmDeist Manfred Messerschmidt Hans-Erich Volkmann Wolfram Wette Vol. II: Initial...
Order. 2015: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany With WilhelmDeist, Manfred Messerschmidt, Hans-Erich Volkmann: Germany and the Second...
its previous use in German military propaganda. The German historian WilhelmDeist has argued that politically motivated militants had organised a verdeckter...
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1 July 1646 [O.S. 21 June] – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and...
Jonathan Cape, 1979. Deist, Wilhelm. The German Military in the Age of Total War. Leamington Spa, England: Berg, 1985. Deist, Wilhelm. The Wehrmacht and...
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