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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The Ministry of the Reichswehr (German: Reichswehrministerium) was the defence ministry of the Weimar Republic and the early Third Reich. Based in the...
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Josef Kammhuber (category Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
director of the Reich Air Ministry, led to his dismissal in 1943. After the war, he joined the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of West Germany serving as the first...
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Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II) (category Fighter wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945)
excursions. The unit was rarely engaged in large-scale confrontations during this time. From late 1942 onwards it was tasked with Defence of the Reich (German:...
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Army Group Centre (category Army groups of the German Army in World War II)
Flakeinsatz im Reich 1943–1945 [Ground forces: Named units and formations / Air forces (Flying units and formations) / Anti–aircraft service in the Reich 1943–1945]...
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Rudolf Hess (redirect from Deputy Führer of the Nazi Party)
in 1938 to the Cabinet Council and in August 1939 to the Council of Ministers for Defence of the Reich. Hitler decreed on the outbreak of war on 1 September...
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longest air campaign of the war on 3 September 1939, the Defence of the Reich. After the declaration of war, RAF Bomber Command began operations against Nazi...
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Hugo Sperrle (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
defence of these regions became known as the Defence of the Reich. The purpose of the offensive was to destroy the Luftwaffe and its supporting facilities...
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Adolf Galland (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds)
served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions and fought on the Western Front and in the Defence of the Reich. On four occasions...
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Messerschmitt Bf 110 operational history (category World War II fighter aircraft of Germany)
Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer was the highest scorer in the Defence of the Reich campaign and ended the war with 121 aerial victories, virtually all of them achieved while...
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Messerschmitt Me 410 Hornisse (category World War II fighter aircraft of Germany)
amongst the numerous Axis aircraft sent against the incoming Allied forces. From mid-1944, all Me 410s were withdrawn from Defence of the Reich duties...
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Hans Jeschonnek (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with a Star)
German ports which set in motion one of the longest wartime campaigns for the Luftwaffe — known as the Defence of the Reich (Reichsverteidigung). On 21 September...
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mid-1943, ZG 26 served and fought against the US Eighth Air Force and Fifteenth Air Force in the Defence of the Reich campaign with moderate success until...
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Luftwaffe (redirect from History of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945))
The failure of the Luftwaffe in the Defence of the Reich campaign was a result of a number of factors. The Luftwaffe lacked an effective air defence system...
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Wehrmacht (redirect from Military of Nazi Germany)
Reichswehr (Reich Defence) and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime's efforts to rearm Germany to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted...
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Zerstörergeschwader 76 (section Defence of the Reich)
after serving in the early stages of the Defence of the Reich by defending the German-occupied Low Countries. In 1943 ZG 76 was reformed. The Oberkommando...
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was established to contain high-profile French prisoners valuable to the Reich. Notable prisoners included tennis player Jean Borotra, former prime ministers...
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Jagdgeschwader 2 (category Fighter wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945)
landings, JG 2 served in the Defence of the Reich and fought on the Western Front, most notably at the Battle of the Bulge in the winter, 1944/45. JG 2 surrendered...
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Dornier Do 217 (category World War II medium bombers of Germany)
the Defence of the Reich campaign. Testing was set back as the prototype crashed owing to engine failure. The continuing slow development of the IR equipment...
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Heinz Rökker (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
missions by the Royal Air Force (RAF) shifted to the cover of darkness, initiating the Defence of the Reich campaign. By mid-1940, Generalmajor (Brigadier...
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Reichswehr (category Military of the Weimar Republic)
Reichswehr (lit. 'Reich Defence') was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first years of the Third Reich. After Germany...
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Jagdgeschwader 52 (category Fighter wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945)
Luftwaffe Over Germany: Defense of the Reich. Frontline Books. ISBN 978-1-4738-9697-0. Holm, Michael. "Jagdgeschwader 28". ww2.dk. The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945. Retrieved...
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the capitulation of the Panzer Army Africa on 13 May 1943, ZG 1 was sent to Germany for Reichsverteidigung, Defence of the Reich duties against the United...
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for Second Life Defence of the Reich, the World War II German Reichsluftverteidigung (RLV) defensive aerial campaign RLV College of Music and Fine Arts...
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Nazi Germany (redirect from Collapse of the Third Reich)
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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the Defence of the Reich. It was adopted when the Allies had the advantage over German radar controlled interception. The fighters had to engage the British...
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Sonderkommando Elbe (category Military units and formations of the Luftwaffe)
731st Bomb Sq B-17 44-8634 "Ida Wanna" of the 731th Bomb Sq Taran Defence of the Reich Leonidas Squadron Kamikaze "German Pilot Perspective". RootsWeb....
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capture of the western German city of Cologne. Before the outbreak of the Second World War Cologne was the fourth largest city in Germany and the largest...
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Jagdgeschwader 27 (category Fighter wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945)
the rest of the war serving in the Defence of the Reich, Channel Front, and Western Front theatres. III. and the newly created IV. Gruppe remained operating...
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Siegfried Freytag (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
wounded in action on 12 July 1943. Thereafter, Freytag led the group in Defence of the Reich operations. On 13 June 1944 Freytag scored his 100th victory...
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