Thomas Vogel (historian)

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Thomas Vogel (born 1959) [1] is a German military historian and author. He is lieutenant-colonel in the German Armed Forces and a senior fellow of the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr. [2]

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Education and career

Vogel submitted his doctoral dissertation on Medieval History in 1994. By 1997, he was a permanent member of the Military History Research Office (MGFA) (since 2013, the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr) in Potsdam. [2] As MGFA project manager and co-author, Vogel created three touring exhibitions: Military Resistance against Hitler and the Nazi Regime, History of the Bundeswehr from the Beginning to 2005, and History of the Armed Bundeswehr Missions Abroad. [3] His research covers the collection of letters and diaries of the Wehrmacht army captain Wilm Hosenfeld, who was an eye-witness to the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany during World War II. [3]

Vogel is an editorial staff member of Militargeschichte. Zeitschrift fur historische Bildung (Military History: Journal of History Education) and Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift (Journal of Military History) both published by the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr. [4] With a shift in the Institute's Department for Historical Research, Vogel works on military integration and coalitions during both world wars. [4]

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