• A Flak Corps (‹See Tfd›German: Flakkorps, also spelt ‹See Tfd›Flak-Korps) was a massed anti-aircraft (AA) artillery formation employed by the Luftwaffe...
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  • II Jagdkorps I Flak Corps II Flak Corps III Flak Corps IV Flak Corps V Flak Corps VI Flak Corps I Parachute Corps II Parachute Corps Fallschirm-Panzerkorps...
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    The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41 is a German 88 mm anti-aircraft and anti-tank artillery gun, developed in the 1930s. It was widely used by Germany throughout...
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  • Detachments (Flak-Abteilungen), some of which were mobilized for the Battle of France and placed into the newly formed Flak Corps (Flakkorps), I Flak Corps and...
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  • The army flak artillery (Heeresflakartillerie) had become its own branch of the Wehrmacht artillery on 15 June 1941,: 191  after first army flak artillery...
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  • The 1st Flak Division (German: 1. Flak-Division) was a Flak division of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. Its primary and most noteworthy function...
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    General der Kavallerie Edwin von Rothkirch II Fighter Corps Generalmajor Dietrich Peltz III Flak Corps Generalleutnant Wolfgang Pickert Armies deployed north...
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  • This is the order of battle for the Operation Perch, a World War II operation between British and German forces in Normandy, France between June 6 and...
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    was a flak vest designed for the United States Marine Corps during the Korean war. Following the joint US Army and Marine Corps designed M51 Flak Jacket...
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  • III Flak Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. In January 1943, Pickert, as commander of the 9th Flak Division...
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    Flakartillerie) in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded the I Flak Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany...
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    he commanded the 6th Flak Division (1942), 21st Luftwaffe Field Division (1942), III Luftwaffe Field Corps (1943) and II Flak Corps (1944–45). Knight's...
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    Wehrmacht during World War II. It served a variety of roles (transport, flak ship, gunboat, convoy escort, minelayer) in the Mediterranean, Baltic and...
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    codebreakers at Bletchley Park deciphered a message containing a request from a Flak Corps unit for detailed maps of the UK, suggesting that the Germans intended...
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  • 653rd Flak Regiments. This division command was upgraded on 22 February 1944 to become the III Flak Corps, which temporarily left the 11th Flak Division...
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    roles, these Luftwaffe troops, of for example the Flak Corps, were also called upon to use their Flak guns in fire support and anti-armour roles, and it...
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  • The 8th Flak Division (German: Flak-Division 8) was a Flak division of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. In May 1940, the "Air Defense...
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    000 personnel (208,000 flying troops, 107,000 in the Flak Corps, and 58,000 in the Signals Corps). Aircraft strength was 4,201 operational aircraft: 1...
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  • The 9th Flak Division (German: 9. Flak-Division) was a Flak division of the German Luftwaffe in World War II which saw action on the Eastern Front. It...
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  • The 12th Flak Division (German: Flak-Division 12) was a flak division of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was active from early 1942...
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    Cross on 24 June 1940 as Generalmajor and commanding general of the II. Flak-Korps 470th Oak Leaves on 10 May 1944 as Generaloberst and commander in chief...
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    regiments (Flak-Regimenter), brigades (Flak-Brigaden e.g. Flak-Brigade XIX), divisions (Flak-Divisionen, e.g. 9. Flak-Division) and Flak Corps (Flakkorps)...
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    performance of Sperrle's III Flak Corps was an exception. The Allied air forces lost 1,564 aircraft in June 1944, the majority to flak. The losses forced a reduction...
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    XLVIII Panzer Corps General of Panzer Maximilian von Edelsheim 14th Flak Division 90th Flak Regiment 121st Heavy Flak Battalion 568th Heavy Flak Battalion...
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    Stalingrad, some of Kleist's mobile forces were diverted. Kleist lost his flak corps and most of the Luftwaffe supporting the southern front, only reconnaissance...
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    transport squadron (Ju 52) five liaison squadrons (Fi 156) IV Flak Corps 2nd Flak Division 6th Flak Division FAGr = Fernaufklärungsgruppe = Reconnaissance aircraft...
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  • Cross on 24 June 1940 as General der Flakartillerie and commander of I Flak Corps Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 503. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 357. Fellgiebel...
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    Frisia.: 355  On 10 February 1945, VI Flak Corps was formed to oversee 16th Flak Division, 9th Flak Brigade and 18th Flak Brigade in the sector of Army Group...
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  • The 10th Flak Division (German: Flak-Division 10) was a flak division of the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was active from April 1941...
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    its warships, in addition to a PASGT-derived vest known as the "U.S. Navy Flak Jacket". PASGT is an acronym, standing for Personnel Armor System for Ground...
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