Jörg Duppler, is appointed Director of the MGFA. 2003: Prof. Beatrice Heuser, formerly Professor of International and Strategic Studies at the Department of War Studies, King's College London, was appointed Director of Research. 2004: Oberst Hans Ehlert was appointed Director of the MGFA Reorganisation Effective as of January 2013, MGFA was reorganized and consolidated with the German Army Social Sciences Studies Center ( to become the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the German Army (Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, ZMS-Bw) in Potsdam. As of 26 November 2013, the web addresses www.mgfa.de and zmsbw.de direct to the same site. External links Official website in German: Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt Military historiography Historiography of Germany Military history of Germany History organisations based in Germany Naval history of Germany Bundeswehr Military research of Germany