birth_place awards nationality fields workplaces name birth_date article_title citizenship alma_mater
vítkov / wigstadt , czechoslovakia federal cross of merit -lrb- 1978 -rrb- german modern history , particularly military history and social history bundeswehr university of munich -lrb- 1973 -- 1998 -rrb- franz w. seidler 02 march 1933 franz w. seidler
 germany german ludwig , sorbonne university , nato defence college maximilian university of munich , university of cambridge
franz w. seidler

franz wilhelm seidler -lrb- 2 march 1933 in vítkov / wigstadt , czechoslovakia -rrb- is a german historian , author and expert on german military history .
he is professor emeritus of modern history at the bundeswehr university munich .
his research focuses on issues concerning german military personnel , war crimes and guerrilla warfare , as well as postwar disarmament .
