• Walther Wever may refer to: Walther Wever (general) (1887–1936), Chief of the Luftwaffe Walther Wever (pilot) (1923–1945), his son, German fighter pilot...
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    Walther Wever (11 November 1887 – 3 June 1936) was a pre-World War II Luftwaffe Commander. He was an early proponent of the theory of strategic bombing...
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    Walther Wever (16 January 1923 – 10 April 1945) was a Luftwaffe flying ace during the Second World War. The son of former Chief of the Luftwaffe General...
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    long-range bomber for the Luftwaffe, created and led by General Walther Wever in the early 1930s. Wever died in an air crash on June 3, 1936, and his successor...
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  • player Walther Wever (general) (1887–1936), German Luftwaffe Commander Walther Wever (pilot) (1923–1945), German Luftwaffe pilot Bart De Wever (born 1970)...
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    Luftwaffe General Staff Walther Wever sought to mold the Luftwaffe's battle doctrine into a strategic plan. At this time, Wever conducted war games (simulated...
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    Walther Wever (pilot) (1923–1945), German flying ace and son of the above Andrea Walther (born 1970), German mathematician Augustin Friedrich Walther...
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    The Luftwaffe lacked an efficient heavy bomber fleet. Generalleutnant Walther Wever, the Luftwaffe's first Chief of Staff, was the most persistent advocate...
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    aerial warfare. He was a contemporary of the air warfare advocates Walther Wever, Billy Mitchell, and Hugh Trenchard. Born in Caserta, Campania, Italy...
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    contributors arguing along the lines of the British and Americans. General Walther Wever (Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff 1 March 1935 – 3 June 1936) championed...
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    served under Colonels Wilhelm von List, Walter von Brauchitsch and Walther Wever. He became close friends with Friedrich Paulus, a fellow officer on...
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    concept of dive-bombing after flying the Curtiss F11C Goshawk. When Walther Wever and Robert Ritter von Greim were invited to watch Udet perform a trial...
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    doctrine, "The Conduct of the Aerial War", and its "Regulation 16" under Walther Wever. In subsequent years, he worked secretly on rebuilding the Luftwaffe...
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    displeased with this situation. In the early 1930s Luftwaffe Chief of Staff Walther Wever initiated the Ural bomber program for the design a long-range bomber...
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    days per week until March 1945. Following the death of Generalleutnant Walther Wever in an air crash, Kesselring became Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe on...
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    on the Heinkel He 177 heavy bomber. The wing was named after General Walther Wever, the prime pre-war proponent for a strategic bombing capability for...
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    until his death. The Chief of Staff of the Luftwaffe, Generalleutnant Walther Wever, died in an air accident shortly after taking off from Dresden to attend...
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    untimely death of the top German advocate for strategic bombing, General Walther Wever in early June 1936, the focus of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe bomber forces...
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    prime proponent of strategic bombing, Luftwaffe Chief of Staff General Walther Wever, died in an air crash in 1936 on the very day that the specification...
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  • the German Bundeswehr, it was renamed once more in honor of General Walther Wever on 9 October 1969. Before the Americans acquired the barracks in 1945...
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    the International Planned Parenthood Federation. Anne-Marie Wever's father, Walther Wever, was a diplomat and her childhood was correspondingly peripatetic...
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    Staff Took office Left office Time in office Ref. 1 Wever, WaltherGeneralleutnant Walther Wever (1887–1936) 1 March 1935 3 June 1936 † 1 year, 94 days...
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    bombers. On 1 March 1935, the Luftwaffe was formally announced, with Walther Wever as Chief of Staff. The 1935 Luftwaffe doctrine for "Conduct of Air War"...
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    Wedel Friedrich-August Weinknecht Wilhelm Wetzel Hans Weiss (aviator) Walther Wever (general) Thomas-Emil von Wickede Gustav Anton von Wietersheim Helmuth...
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    rare occasions as an honorary award. The first recipients were General Walther Wever, Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff and General der Flieger Erhard...
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    aircraft. From the very beginnings of the Luftwaffe in 1933, General Walther Wever, the chief of staff, realised the importance that strategic bombing...
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    civilian morale – was ruled as acceptable. Corum continued: General Walther Wever compiled a doctrine known as The Conduct of the Aerial War. This document...
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    California aircraft crashed in crosswind short of runway on landing approach Walther Wever Germany 1936 Generalleutnant, Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff Heinkel...
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  • English footballer Walter Reed Weaver (1885–1944), U.S. Army general Walther Wever (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles about people...
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    Jeschonnek was a protégé of Walther Wever chief of staff in the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (High Command of the Air Force). Wever designated him as his successor...
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