Manfred Messerschmidt | |
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| Born | 1 October 1926 Dortmund, Westphalia, Prussia, Weimar Republic |
| Died | 19 December 2022 (aged 96) |
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| Era | 19th and 20th centuries |
| Institutions | Military History Research Office |
| Main interests | Modern European history[broken anchor], military history, historiography |
| Notable works | Germany 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.