Reichswehr air units

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The Reichswehr air units were the small, tightly restricted aviation formations of Germany’s interwar Reichswehr, operating under severe limitations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles before the creation of the Luftwaffe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German military formation
military aviation unit
basedOnTreaty Treaty of Versailles
branch Reichswehr
surface form: Reichswehr army
circumventedBy covert training arrangements
commandStructure Reich Ministry of Defence
surface form: Reichswehr Ministry
controlledBy OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres)
surface form: German Army High Command (Heeresleitung)
cooperatedWith Soviet Union
country Germany
disguisedAs civil aviation organizations
police aviation units
dissolvedInto Luftwaffe
doctrineEmphasis cooperation with army units
reconnaissance support for ground forces
endTime 1935
followedBy Luftwaffe
garrisonLocation Weimar Republic
surface form: Weimar Germany
historicalContext Weimar Republic
early Nazi period
influenced early Luftwaffe doctrine
languageOfCommand German
legalStatus severely restricted by Treaty of Versailles
notableActivity development of future Luftwaffe cadre
secret pilot training
operatedIn interwar period
operatedUnder Versailles arms limitations
surface form: Versailles arms control regime
oversightBy Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia
surface form: Inter-Allied Control Commission
partOf Reichswehr
precededBy Imperial German Army Air Service
surface form: Imperial German Air Service
primaryRole liaison
reconnaissance
training
secretObjective preparation for future air force rearmament
preservation of German military aviation expertise
size small
startTime 1919
statusBefore1935 formally non-military aviation formations
trainingLocationAbroad Lipetsk fighter-pilot school
treatyLimitation ban on military aircraft
ban on pilot training for combat
usedAircraftType light aircraft
trainer aircraft
usedCoverOrganization Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule
civil flying clubs

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Imperial German Army Air Service followedBy Reichswehr air units