About Rüdiger Overmans
Born 1954. Rüdiger Overmans is a German military historian, research fellow and historian.
Rüdiger Overmans (born 6 April 1954 in Düsseldorf) is a German military historian who specializes in World War II history. His book German Military Losses in World War II, which he compiled as leader of a project sponsored by the Gerda Henkel Foundation, is one of the most comprehensive works about German casualties in World War II. This study was first published in 1999 in Munich by . From 1996 to 2001, Overmans lectured at the History Department of the University of Freiburg. Until his retirement in 2004, he had reached the military rank of lieutenant colonel. Since then, he has worked as a freelance historian.
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