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    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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    The Blitz (redirect from Der Blitz)
    1940, the Luftwaffe had lost the Battle of Britain and the German air fleets (Luftflotten) were ordered to attack London, to draw RAF Fighter Command into...
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    Luftwaffe (redirect from Nazi Air Force)
    the Luftwaffe had four Luftflotten (air fleets), each responsible for roughly a quarter of Germany. As the war progressed more air fleets were created as...
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    Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945) (category Structure of contemporary air forces)
    into air fleets (Luftflotten), not entirely unlike the nearly contemporary United States Army Air Corps and (after late June 1941) USAAF numbered air forces...
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    fighting, the Luftflotten at the front saw their strength drop to 960 aircraft. In total the VVS suffered 4,614 destroyed (1,438 in the air and 3,176 on...
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    Battle of Britain (category 1940 in the United Kingdom)
    (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It was the first major...
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  • Tfd›German: Chiffrierstelle, Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, lit. 'code centre, High Commander of the Air Force'), which was often abbreviated to Chi-Stelle/ObdL...
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    the continued conduct of air warfare." The majority of fighter units were to remain with their Luftflotten rather than the air defence command. In 1940...
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    force defended the airspace of German-occupied Europe against attack, first by RAF Bomber Command and then against the RAF and United States Army Air...
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    radar. The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), having recently lost many aircraft in attacks on Schweinfurt, did not participate. The Main Force of Bomber...
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    Hugo Sperrle (category People acquitted by the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunals)
    senior German air commanders encouraging enormous over-confidence. The Luftwaffe regrouped after the Battle of France into three Luftflotten (Air Fleets) ...
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    Kanalkampf (category Air-to-air combat operations and battles)
    Kanalkampf (Channel Battle) was the German term for air operations by the Luftwaffe against the Royal Air Force (RAF) over the English Channel in July 1940,...
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    Wolfram von Richthofen (category German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States)
    emphasised training its large units, the Geschwader (Wings), Corps and Luftflotten (Air Fleet) staffs in large-scale manoeuvres with the army in the pre-war...
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  • task was to ensure air supremacy over southeast England, to pave the way for an invasion fleet. The Luftwaffe committed three Luftflotten to the campaign...
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    Army Group Centre and Army Group South, alongside three Luftflotten (air fleets, the air force equivalent of army groups) that supported the army groups:...
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    Division and Fighter Division) all of which were subordinated to Luftflotten (Air Fleets). The use of Fliegerdivision became redundant and the description...
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    Division and Fighter Division) all of which were subordinated to Luftflotten (Air Fleets). The use of Fliegerdivision became redundant and the description...
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    Division and Fighter Division) all of which were subordinated to Luftflotten (Air Fleets). The use of Fliegerdivision became redundant and the description...
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    Battle of the Ruhr (category Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
    forwarded it to Luftflotten (Air Fleets) and to Luftgaue (Air Districts, commanding the FlaK) and to the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM, Air Ministry) in...
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    1940 preempted the operation. The Luftwaffe rapidly reorganised the Luftflotten in France, Belgium and the Netherlands in June and July 1940. The British...
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