Dieter Wellershoff

Dieter Wellershoff (16 March 1933 – 16 July 2005) was a German admiral and Chief of Federal Armed Forces Staff from 1986 until 1991.[1]

He was the first Inspector-General of the Bundeswehr who was not a member of the Wehrmacht. He was also the first to visit the USSR, doing so in May 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Germany's former Chiefs of Defence". German Federal Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
  2. ^ Oudenaren, John Van (1991). Détente in Europe: The Soviet Union and the West Since 1953. Duke University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-8223-1133-1.
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