The Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (lit. 'Upper Command of the Air Force'; abbreviated OKL) was the high command of the air force (Luftwaffe) of Nazi Germany...
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Luftwaffe: Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, also the cabinet minister for aviation. Göring formed a Luftwaffe High Command (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe)...
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1944. The Luftwaffe frequently bombed non-military targets, the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe organised Nazi human experimentation, and Luftwaffe ground troops...
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From 1938, OKH was, together with Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (transl. Air Force High Command) and Oberkommando der Marine (transl. Naval High Command)...
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The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (German: [ˈoːbɐkɔˌmando deːɐ̯ ˈveːɐ̯ˌmaxt] ; abbreviated OKW German: [oːkaːˈveː] ; Armed Forces High Command) was the supreme...
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the personnel matters of all officers and cadets of the Luftwaffe. Oberkommando der Luftwaffe Inspector of Fighters Inspector of Bombers Army Personnel...
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physical success of the raid, from the German perspective, led the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL) to threaten to destroy the city of Utrecht if the Dutch...
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Adlertag (section Luftwaffe preparations)
1 August Hitler gave the Luftwaffe's commander-in-chief, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe Directive No. 17 ("or the...
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Operation Paula (section Luftwaffe plans)
operation failed to achieve the strategic results desired by the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (High Command of the Air Force). However, the plight of the French...
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Since the beginning of the Luftwaffe, Hermann Göring was its designated head. In 1933 he was called Reichsminister der Luftfahrt (Reich Minister for...
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Operation Donnerkeil (section Luftwaffe plan)
ships out of range of potential air raids. In December 1941, Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (High Command of the Air Force) was ordered to plan an operation...
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abbreviated as OKL/Ln Abt 350 and formerly called the (German: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe Luftnachrichtenabteilung 350). It was the successor in November...
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Forces") of Nazi Germany Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH, "Supreme Command of the Army") of Nazi Germany Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL, "Supreme Command...
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Inspector of Bombers (redirect from General der Kampfflieger)
Inspekteur der Kampfflieger) was not a rank but a leading position within the High Command of the German Luftwaffe (Oberkommando der Luftwaffe) in Nazi...
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three branch High Commands: Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH), Oberkommando der Marine (OKM), and Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL). The OKW was intended to...
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German command on the Eastern front Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL), Luftwaffe high command, 1935-1945 Oberkommando der Marine (OKM), Kriegsmarine high command...
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and appointments of the ministerial area, the general staff, and the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW). The corps colours were part of the uniform piping...
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match for Allied fighters in performance. It was decided by the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe to keep both the Fw 190 and Bf 109 in production. The Fw 190s...
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Hans Jeschonnek (category Luftwaffe World War II generals)
1942, largely masked the failures of Jeschonnek, Göring and the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (High Command of the Air Force). As the German war effort failed...
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homeless. The destructive success of the bombing led the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL, the Luftwaffe high command) to threaten to destroy the city of Utrecht...
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ground fire. The armour reduced its performance and caused the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe to "place no particular value on the production of the D-2". The...
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Karl-Wolfgang Redlich (category Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II)
transferred, serving in various staff positions with the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL—Luftwaffe High Command). On 19 May 1944, Redlich was appointed Gruppenkommandeur...
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Heeresleitung became the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH), the Marineleitung became the Oberkommando der Marine (OKM) and the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL) was newly...
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Defence of the Reich (section Luftwaffe obsolescence)
reactive. No tactical-technical section existed in either the RLM or Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL), with a near-complete lack of any system for a direct manner...
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The Hardest Day (section Luftwaffe plan)
by sea. Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe's commander-in-chief, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, and the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (High Command of the Air Force)...
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Oakleigh Park railway station, London, National Rail station code Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, the air force High Command of the Third Reich Olive Kettering...
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"High Command of the (War) Navy". Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (OKL) – "High Command of the Air Force". Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) – "High Command of...
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the airlift tactic, Chief of the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe Hermann Göring assured Adolf Hitler that the Luftwaffe could conduct an airlift on a larger...
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identity- for example, that Werther stood for Wehrmacht, Olga for Oberkommando der Luftwaffe, Anna for Auswärtiges Amt (Foreign Office)- as the evidence does...
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