Military history of Germany

, 1701–1867

Prussian Navy

(Fleet of the Realm), 1848–52

Reichsflotte

, 1867–71

North German Federal Navy

, 1871–1918

Imperial German Navy

, 1919–35

Reichsmarine

, 1935–45

Kriegsmarine

, 1945 to 1956

German Mine Sweeping Administration

, 1956 to 1994

Bundesmarine

, the navy of East Germany, 1956–90

Volksmarine

, since 1995

German Navy

Wehrmacht

German Army (German Empire)

History of Germany

Prussian Army

List of wars involving Germany

Bundeswehr

Barnett, Correlli, ed. Hitler's Generals (2003) essays by experts on 23 top generals

Brose, Eric Dorn. The Kaiser's Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870–1918 (2004)

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The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich (2008) excerpt and text search

Citino, Robert M.

Craig, Gordon A. The Politics of the Prussian Army: 1640–1945 (1964)

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Evans, Richard J. The Third Reich at War: 1939–1945 (2009)

Frevert, Ute. A Nation in Barracks: Modern Germany, Military Conscription and Civil Society (2004), history since 1800

Hauptmann, Hermann. The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe (2012)

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Herwig, Holger H. The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918 (2009)

Hooton, Tim. The Luftwaffe: A Complete History 1933–45 (2010)

Kelly, Patrick J. Tirpitz and the Imperial German Navy (2011)

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Kitchen, Martin. A Military History of Germany: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day (1976)

Krimmer, Elisabeth, and Patricia Anne Simpson, eds. Enlightened War: German Theories and Cultures of Warfare from Frederick the Great to Clausewitz (2011)

Lider, Julian. Origins and Development of West German Military Thought, Vol. I, 1949–1966, (Gower, 1986)

McNab, Chris. Hitler's Armies: A history of the German War Machine 1939–45 (2011)

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Mosier, John. Cross of Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German War Machine, 1918–1945 (2007)

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Murray, Williamson. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe 1933–1945 (1983)

Probert, H. A. The Rise and Fall of the German Air Force 1933–1945 (1987), history by the British RAF

Ripley, Tim. The Wehrmacht: The German Army in World War II, 1939–1945 (2003)

Ritter, Gerhard. The Sword and the Scepter: The Prussian Tradition, 1740–1890 (1988); The Sword and the Scepter: The Problem of Militarism in Germany: The European Powers and the Wilhelminian Empire, 1890–1914 (1972); Sword and the Scepter: The Problem of Militarism in Germany-The Tragedy of Statesmanship : Bethmann Hollweg As War Chancellor, 1914–1917 (1972); The Sword and the Scepter: The Reign of German Militarism and the Disaster of 1918 (1988)

Stone, David J. Fighting for the Fatherland: The Story of the German Soldier from 1648 to the Present Day (2006)

Thomas, Charles S. The German Navy in the Nazi Era (1990)

Vagts, Alfred. "Land and Sea Power in the Second German Reich." Journal of Military History 3.4 (1939): 210+

online

Web Sources for Military History

especially for World Wars I and II

West Point Atlas

(in English)

Documents of German unification

Clausewitz Homepage

(links and background in English, documents in German).

Primary documents from 18th and 19th century German history

Maps of nineteenth century German unification

Hussite Wars