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Der Kieler Matrosenaufstand von 1918 ist bis heute die größte Meuterei in der deutschen Geschichte. Aus einzelnen Matrosenerhebungen entwickelte sich binnen weniger Tage eine landesweite Revolte in Marine und Heer, die in der Novemberrevolution gipfelte. Die deutsche Militärgeschichtsschreibung hatte jahrzehntelang große Schwierigkeiten mit diesem Ereigniskomplex, wobei das Quellen- und Deutungsmonopol der von Akteuren in Offiziersuniform dominierten amtlichen Kriegshistoriografie stark ins Gewicht fiel. Christian Lübcke kann auf der Basis bislang kaum beachteter Dokumente zeigen, dass in der Weimarer Republik, im Dritten Reich und noch in der jungen Bundesrepublik Sichtweisen dominierten, die wenig mit Wissenschaft, aber umso mehr mit Selbstrechtfertigung, Revisionismus und Apologie zu tun hatten To date, the 1918 Kiel Mutiny is the largest mutiny in German history. Within the space of a few days, individual uprisings by sailors developed into a countrywide revolt in the navy and army, which culminated in the November Revolution. For decades, German military historiography had great difficulties with this nexus of events, strongly influenced by the fact that official war historiography, which was dominated by actors in uniform, enjoyed a monopoly on sources and interpretation. On the basis of hitherto disregarded documents, Christian Lübcke can show that during the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the young Federal Republic views predominated, which had little to do with scholarship and much more with self-justification, revisionism and apologia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the work of the late nineteenth-century German military historian Max Jähns. A career officer in the Prussian Army, he taught military history at the elite War Academy for fourteen years and was a prolific and highly respected author. Significantly, he focused not on operational history--for which the Imperial German Army was and remains well known--but on the place of military institutions and practices in the context of general history. This and the army's positive response to his work shed new light on the evolution of the new military history and the Imperial German Army's reaction to it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Information on Militärisches Entscheiden. Voraussetzungen, Prozesse und Repräsentationen einer sozialen Praxis von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, a conference on military decisions that was held in Münster, Germany from October 19-21, 2017 is presented. Topics discussed include military history of Germany, their decision making process and collaborative research on decision theory.

Information on the Einsatz ohne Krieg? Militär, Gesellschaft und Semantiken zur Geschichte der Bundeswehr nach 1990, a conference on military history that was held at the Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr in Potsdam, Germany from June 21-23, 2017 is presented. Topics discussed include Bundeswehr armed force after 1990, its completed missions and its military history.

The article "Wehr-, Kriegs- oder Militärgeschichte?" by Rainer Wohlfeil on German military and political history and the future of the Militärgeschichtliche Forschungsamt military history society originally published in the first 1967 issue of the military history periodical "Militärgeschichtliche Mitteilungen" is examined.

The article focuses on Imperial German strategic planning prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The author discusses Germany's lack of an integrated national strategy before 1914, explores the military power of Prusso-German king-emperor Wilhelm II, and examines the German constitutions of 1867 and 1871 in regard to military planning and authoritarianism. The strategy known as the "Schlieffen plan" is also analyzed.

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The article offers a report from a July 6-7, 2012 conference in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany on the political history of Prussia under the rule of Frederick II. Topics of presentations given included the development of European nations in the 18th century, Frederick's increased efficiency of the Prussian military, and Frederick's legacy to Prussia.

The article offers information on a transnational conference that focused on the military history of the national defense departments and armed forces of nation-states such as France and Germany from the 19th to the 20th century. It took place in Paris, France on June 20, 2011. Papers presented at the conference discussed topics including the army constitutions of nation-states, the management of colonial military troops, and the development of the French and German national armies.

Provides an overview of the Prussian and German traditions of battlefield tour and staff ride after 1815. Officer training in the Prussian Army of Frederick the Great; Reorganization of the German Army throughout the 19th century; Objectives of tactical and instructional staff rides.