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Zeitalter der Weltkriege

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Das 20. Jahrhundert ist entscheidend durch die beiden Weltkriege 1914 bis 1918 und 1939 bis 1945 geprägt worden. Sie veränderten die politische Landkarte der Welt, forderten Millionen und Abermillionen Opfer und gruben sich tief in das kollektive Gedächtnis ein.

Die Reihe Zeitalter der Weltkriege, herausgegeben vom Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr (ZMSBw), widmet sich diesen grundstürzenden Ereignissen, deren Folgewirkungen noch immer spürbar sind. Das Besondere der Reihe ist, dass sie den Ersten und den Zweiten Weltkrieg sowie die Zwischenkriegszeit als Einheit versteht. Sie operiert mit den Fragestellungen und Methoden der modernen Militärgeschichte und nimmt vor allem die Erfahrungswelt der Soldaten in den Blick. Die politisch-strategische und operativ-taktische Ebene, die Realität des Kampfes, die Entwicklung des Kriegsbildes und des Führungsdenkens und die mentale Verarbeitung der Kriegserfahrungen sind ebenso Gegenstand der Betrachtung wie Rüstungsstrategien und die Waffentechnologie.

Das Zeitalter der Weltkriege wird in möglichst vielen Facetten präsentiert. Die Reihe bietet Überblicksdarstellungen sowie Spezialstudien und Editionen. Sammelbände zu einzelnen Themen werden den Gang der neuesten Forschung spiegeln, wobei es in allen Publikationen darum geht, der vergleichenden Perspektive und dem biographischen Ansatz zu ihrem Recht zu verhelfen.

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Volume 26 in this series

States have been interested in gaining knowledge about their neighbors’ military potential since time immemorial. But it was only in the last third of the nineteenth century that they began creating organizations that worked in secret, gaining intelligence on an ongoing basis, analyzing it, and making it available to decision-makers. This book examines the founding history of military intelligence services between 1871 and 1914.

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Volume 25 in this series

The Steel Helmet – Association of Frontline Soldiers was one of the major veterans’ organizations and a political movement in the Weimar Republic. As such, it had an extremely ambivalent attitude toward rising National Socialism that oscillated between rivalry and cooperation. Dissolved by the Nazi regime in 1935, it was re-founded in 1951, but was not destined for the same success that it had had in the Weimar years.

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Volume 24 in this series

In 1914, Germany entered the First World War with the General Headquarters (GrHQ) as its central instrument of leadership. Alongside Emperor William II, the GrHQ comprised the most important decision-makers in the German Empire. This study does not just ask what the GrHQ was and how leadership was organized within it, but also what influences everyday life had on leadership decisions – in short: how the GrHQ functioned.

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Volume 23 in this series

In 1914, Tannenberg was not just the site of a German First World War victory shrouded in myth. The triumph bestowed legend status on above all General Hindenburg, which he ultimately bore right up to his presidency of the Weimar Republic and his fatal decision to appoint Hitler Reich Chancellor. This makes it all the more fascinating to scrutinize this momentous battle and the myths that took shape around it on the basis of the sources.

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Volume 22 in this series

Friedrich Ruge was the first Chief of Staff of the German Navy, which was founded in 1956, making him one of its founding fathers. He has had a long-lasting impact, in particular on the way that the navy views history and understands tradition.

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Volume 21 in this series

Was 20 July 1944 a mere “rebellion of conscience” or did the conspirators have other military motivations? The attempted coup was in part an element of the power struggle within the polycratic Nazi regime. The fact that von Stauffenberg and his co-conspirators were committed to other notions of the military’s role in the state made it difficult after 1945 to situate them in the tradition of resistance against war and a criminal regime.

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Volume 20 in this series

Technology was a critical factor in all battlefields of the First World War. Particularly on the German side, air force fighters, such as Oswald Boelcke, Manfred von Richthofen and Ernst Udet, became folk heroes. They were stylized as war heroes in the extensive aviator literature published from 1914 to 1945. The study examines how the fliers became projection screens for the imagination of the general public.

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Volume 19 in this series

Die Royal Navy und die Kaiserliche Marine erlebten seit dem letzten Drittel des 19. Jahrhunderts einen grundlegenden Wandel. Prägten anfangs Segelschiffhybride als Hauptkampfmittel die beiden Flotten, dominierten sie Großkampfschiffe vor Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges. Aber auch U-Boote und Seeflugzeuge spielten eine zunehmende Rolle. Vor allem die drastischen technologischen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen wirkten sich auf die Aufgaben, Rekrutierung und Ausbildung der Offiziere aus. Christian Jentzsch untersucht, wie das Seeoffizierkorps der Kaiserlichen Marine und das Executive Officer Corps der Royal Navy auf die Herausforderungen reagierten.

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Volume 18 in this series

As head of German Military Intelligence in the First World War, Walter Nicolai was tasked with espionage, but he also played a central role in propaganda for the German Empire. In 1918 he was considered the eminence grise of the Supreme Army Command. His records, previously hidden in Moscow, open new insights for world war researchers on the themes of the secret service, press policies, and the major figures at the Supreme Headquarters.

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