Wolfgang Foerster (military historian)
Wolfgang Foerster (born August 4, 1875 in Breslau , † October 14, 1963 in Icking ) was a German officer and military historian .
Life
Wolfgang Foerster, Otfried Foerster's younger brother , joined the Prussian army as a flag junior in 1894 after finishing school . As a result, he went through a general staff career. During the First World War , Foerster was initially on the staff of the V Army Corps and later became Chief of the General Staff of General Command 66. In 1920 he was retired from military service with the rank of lieutenant colonel .
Immediately afterwards he moved to the Reichsarchiv as senior archivist . There, Foerster was appointed director of the historical department in 1931, and in 1935 director of the Research Institute for Army and War History, and since 1937 the War History Research Institute of the Army. Finally, in 1937, Foerster was given the title of professor in 1944, the office of president which he held until his retirement in 1945. He died on October 14, 1963 at the age of 88 in Icking.
Fonts
- The German collapse in 1918 . Eisenschmidt publishing house, Berlin 1925.
- The general Ludendorff in misfortune. A study of his mental attitude in the final phase of the First World War . Limes-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1952.
- Colonel General Ludwig Beck . His fight against war; from abandoned papers of the chief of staff . Isar-Verlag, Munich 1953 (former title A General fights against the war ).
- Graf Schlieffen and the World War . Verlag Mittler, Berlin 1921 (3 volumes, online )
- The German offensive to the west from 1914 to the Battle of the Marne . 1921.
- The 1915 offensive in Galicia and Russia . 1921.
- Verdun 1916 . 1921.
- Moltke . Personality and work . Limpert Verlag, Berlin 1941.
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Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia . Memories from his life . DVA, Stuttgart 1910/11 (2nd vol.)
- first volume: 1828 to 1864 ( online )
- As editor: Fighters on forgotten fronts. Campaign Letters, Diaries and Reports. Colonial war, naval war, aerial warfare, espionage , Berlin (German book distribution point. Department for publications from official archives) 1931 ( online )
literature
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, 21st edition , Vol. 9, p. 440, December 2005, ISBN 3-765-34142-8 .
- Edmund Glaise von Horstenau (Author) Peter Broucek (Hrsg.): German Plenipotentiary General in Croatia and witness of the fall of the “Thousand Year Reich” (A General in Twilight. The Memories of Edmund Glaise von Horstenau; Vol. 3). Böhlau, Vienna 1988, p. 388, ISBN 3-205-08749-6 .
- Markus Pöhlmann : War history and history politics: The First World War. The official German military historiography 1914-1956 , Paderborn 2002, ISBN 3-506-74481-X .
Web links
- Article Foerster, Wolfgang. on the website home.foni.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Honorary ranking list of the former German Army , publisher: German Officer Association, ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1926, p. 44
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foerster, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer and military historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1963 |
| Place of death | Icking |