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Winfried Heinemann (born December 22, 1956 in Dortmund) is a German Army Colonel and military historian. He works at the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr and has been Honorary Professor at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg since 2014.

Life
Winfried Heinemann graduated from high school in Dortmund in 1975. [1] From 1975 to 1976 he was a reserve officer contingent military service with the Bundeswehr. He then studied history and English at Ruhr University Bochum and the Department of War Studies at King's College London. In 1979 he was promoted to lieutenant of the reserve.

In 1983, at the age of 26, he returned to the Bundeswehr as a captain, and from 1984 to 1986 as a company commander stationed in Rheine. [1] From 1986 to 1998 he was a research assistant at the Military History Research Institute (MGFA) in Freiburg and Potsdam. In addition, he was editor of the journal military history and scientific assistant to the head of department. In 1995 he worked with Hans Mommsen in Bochum with a thesis on the early history of NATO for a PhD. In 1998 he served as Einsatz Tagebuchführer in the NATO headquarters Europe ("SHAPE") in Mons, Belgium. From 1998 to 2001 he worked as a speaker for military history, historical education and tradition in the military command staff.

Since 2001 he has been a research assistant at the MGFA; From 2004 to 2010 he headed the department "Military History of the GDR in the Alliance". In 2008 he took over the provisional leadership of the research department and in 2010 the head of the education, information and specialist studies department. In 2012 he was a participant of the NATO Defense College (NDC) Senior Course 120 (SC 120) in Rome. Since 2013 he has held the position of Chief of Staff at the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr (ZMSBw).

In 2004 he was also elected Secretary General of the German Commission for Military History within the International Commission for Military History (CIHM). He is a member of the Bibliographic Committee. In 2005 he was spokesman for the Community of Catholic Soldiers (GKS). In 2011, he became a visiting professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. In 2014 he became Honorary Professor of Contemporary History at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Winfried Heinemann is the father of two sons.

Research
His research interests include the military resistance against National Socialism, the military history of NATO and the GDR within the framework of the Warsaw Pact and the tradition of the Bundeswehr.