Werner Rahn

Werner Rahn ( born June 9, 1939) is a German sea captain retired and historians.

Werner Rahn took effect on 1 April 1960, the Bundeswehr, became an officer in the Navy and has held various board and land commands. In 1974 he earned his doctorate at the University of Hamburg on " Imperial Navy and National Defense from 1919 to 1928 ." After studying history Rahn taught at the Naval Academy Mürwik and Staff College. From 1980 to 1997 he was at the Military History Research Office employs, its bureau chief, he was from April 1995 to September 1997. During this time, Rahn was 1991-1992 under an exchange program of the U.S. Navy " Secretary of the Navy Research Fellow " at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Iceland. After his retirement in 1997 he took over in January 2006 until December 2009 the Berlin office of the German Association for Defence Technology.

Writings

• Publisher Gerhard Schreiber (on behalf of the Military History Research Institute in conjunction with the Federal -Militärarchiv and the Naval Officers Association ): War Diary of the Naval Operations from 1939 to 1945, Berlin / Bonn / Hamburg: Mid, Volume 1 was published in 1988, Volume 68, published in 1997
• With Wilhelm loyalty, Eberhard Möller: German naval rearmament 1919 - 1942: the dangers of the Tirpitz tradition, mid- 1992
• Publisher (on behalf of the Military History Research Office ) German Navies in Transition: from symbol of national unity to the instrument of international security, contributions to Military History Volume 63, Oldenbourg 2005