Leo Niehorster

Leo Niehorster

Leo Niehorster (b. February 8, 1947) is the webmaster of "World War II Armed Forces Orders of Battle and Organizations" and the author of several books on World War II. Niehorster has a Ph.D., from Columbia Pacific University, in History. He has his masters and bachelor's degrees in business administration and is currently the financial controller of [http://www.sv-odin.de SV-Odin] .

Niehorster was born in The Hague, the Netherlands. He has also lived in Peru, England, Mexico, and the United States. He was in the US Army's 130th Engineer Brigade, at Hanau, Germany, from 1968 to 1972.

Writings

*" [http://niehorster.orbat.com/000_admin/002_rha/002rha.htm The Royal Hungarian Army 1920--1945: Organization and History] "
*" [http://niehorster.orbat.com/000_admin/002_vols/002vols.htm GERMAN WORLD WAR II Organizational Series] "
*" [http://niehorster.orbat.com/000_admin/002_oob/_oob-intro.html German Army 1939-1945: An Order of Battle] "
*" [http://niehorster.orbat.com/000_admin/002_usa/_usa-main.html The United States Armed Forces Order of Battle – 7 December 1941] "

He is currently working on other books dealing with military history.

External links

* [http://niehorster.orbat.com/index.htm World War II Armed Forces – Orders of Battle and Organizations]


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