Between 1933 and 1945, the organization of the Luftwaffe underwent several changes. Originally, the German military high command, for their air warfare...
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The Luftwaffe (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ) was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air...
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Luftflotte 4 (redirect from Luftwaffe Southern (Balkan-Ukraine) detachment (Luftflotte 4, Romania-Hungary))
Hungary, during 26 June 1944, Eastern Front. See Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) for explanation of abbreviations used below. 2.(F)/11 (Jasionka)...
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and 1945. By Hitler's decision on February 26, 1935, the Luftwaffe was to be officially the third branch of the Wehrmacht as of March 1, 1935. The new...
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Geschwaderkommodore (category Luftwaffe)
Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) Citations Isby 1998, pp. 19, 39–40. Bibliography Isby, David C. (1998). The Luftwaffe Fighter Force—The View...
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attack. TG = Transportgeschwader= Transport aircraft. Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) Notes Not to be confused with Rahkla, Rakvere Parish....
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Gruppenkommandeur (category Luftwaffe appointments)
(each of which is commanded by a Staffelkapitän). Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) "Die militärischen Einheiten der Bundeswehr" [The military...
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2002). de Zeng, H.L; Stanket, D.G; Creek, E.J. Bomber Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945; A Reference Source, Volume 1. Ian Allan Publishing, 2007....
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Staffelkapitän (category Luftwaffe)
in the SS. Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) Citations Isby 1998, p. 37. Bibliography Isby, David C. (1998). The Luftwaffe Fighter Force—The View...
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the cockpit, and S.G. 1, indicated it was a member of Stab of Schlachtgeschwader (Ground Attack Wing) no. 1. Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945)...
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Fallschirmjäger (redirect from Luftwaffe paratroopers)
The Fallschirmjäger (German: [ˈfalʃɪʁmˌjɛːɡɐ] ) were the paratrooper branch of the German Luftwaffe before and during World War II. They were the first...
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Deeply implicated in the "Final Solution". Ernst Wilhelm Bohle – Gauleiter of the Nazi Party/Foreign Organization from 1933 until 1945, he was also an SS-Obergruppenführer...
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Hermann Göring (category Luftwaffe personnel convicted of war crimes)
convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which governed Germany from 1933 to 1945. A veteran World War I fighter...
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Robert Ritter von Greim (category Luftwaffe World War II field marshals)
Greim commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (German air force) after Hermann Göring had been dismissed for treason. He was the last person to have been...
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(reverse) Reichsluftfahrtminister 1933 – 1935 (obverse) On 26 February 1935 Hitler officially created the Luftwaffe with Hermann Göring as its Commander-in-Chief...
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Luftwaffe personnel structure consisted of two broad categories, Wehrmachtangehörige or members of the armed forces, and Wehrmachtgefolge or auxiliaries...
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January 1933 with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, followed by suspension of basic rights with the Reichstag Fire Decree and the Enabling...
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The 12th Luftwaffe Field Division (German: 12. Luftwaffen-Feld-Division) was a major military organization of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War...
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transferred to the Organization Todt; those remaining under Luftwaffe control becoming Luftwaffe pioneers. During the buildup of the Luftwaffe, necessary...
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Jagdgeschwader 52 (category Fighter wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945)
"Jagdgeschwader 52". ww2.dk. The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945. Retrieved 15 May 2018. Holm, Michael. "Jagdgeschwader 433". ww2.dk. The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945. Retrieved 15 May...
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Blitzkrieg (redirect from Blitzkrieg of Poland)
would be completed by 1943–1945. The rearmament of the Kriegsmarine was to have been completed in 1949 and the Luftwaffe rearmament program was to have...
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divisions of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and Waffen-SS active during World War II, including divisions of the Heer (army), Luftwaffe (air force)...
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Nazi Germany (redirect from Deutsches Reich 1933 till 1945)
the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country...
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Truman Smith (officer) (category Recipients of the Silver Star)
Marshall (1939–1945). From Berlin in the late 1930s, he reported on German rearmament, Luftwaffe capabilities, and the increasing extent of the Germans' organization...
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Angolia, John R.; Schlicht, Adolf (1984). Uniforms and Traditions of the German Army 1933–1945: Vol. 1. R. James bender Publishing. ISBN 9788712045137. Davis...
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“Hauptsturmführer” in the SA and in all other Nazi organizations. Used by the Luftwaffe until 1944. Mann for the Allgemeine SS The youngest members of the Hitler Youth...
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Strategic bombing during World War II (redirect from The Bombing of Germany)
(1983). Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe 1933–1945. Maxwell AFB: Air University Press. ISBN 978-1-58566-010-0. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011...
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Wolfram von Richthofen (category Luftwaffe World War II field marshals)
1945) was a German World War I flying ace who rose to the rank of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Luftwaffe during World War II. In the First...
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The Defence of the Reich (German: Reichsverteidigung) is the name given to the strategic defensive aerial campaign fought by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany...
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Otto Herzog (category Members of the Reichstag 1933)
– 6 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party politician and SA-Obergruppenführer. During the closing months of the Second World War, he commanded the Volkssturm...
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