Michael Epkenhans (b. 1955 at Wiedenbrück, Germany) is a German

military historian Military history is the study of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, cultures and economies thereof, as well as the resulting changes to local and international relationships. Professional historians norma ...

known for his works dealing with the

German Imperial Navy The Imperial German Navy or the Imperial Navy () was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for coast defence. Kaiser ...

. He was the director of the ''Otto-von-Bismarck-Stiftung'' in

Friedrichsruh Friedrichsruh () is a district in the municipality of Aumühle, Herzogtum Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany. Friedrichsruh manor is known as a residence of the princely House of Bismarck, mainly of Chancellor Otto von Bis ...

from 1996 to 2009. In February 2009 he became the director of research for the ''

Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt The Military History Research Office (german: Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, MGFA) is an office of the ''Bundeswehr'' located at Potsdam, Germany. Following a reorganisation in 2013, MGFA was consolidated with the to become the Center ...

der Bundeswehr'' in

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

. Following a reorganisation in 2013, the organisation became the

Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr (''Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr'', abbreviated as ZMSBw) is a German research institution focused on military history and social sciences ...

Publications

* Co-Editor with Jörg Hillmann and Frank Nägler: ''Skagerrakschlacht. Vorgeschichte - Ereignis - Verarbeitung'', Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte, Band 66; Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, Potsdam; R. OLdenbourg Verlag, München, 2., überarbeitete Auflage 2010 * ''Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet'', Potomac Books, Washington, DC 2008 * ''Die wilhelminische Flottenrüstung 1908 - 1914: Weltmachtstreben, industrieller Fortschritt, soziale Integration'', R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1991

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Epkenhans, Michael Living people German military historians German naval historians 1955 births German male non-fiction writers Military History Research Office (Germany) personnel