Luftwaffe

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air force military branch

The Luftwaffe was Nazi Germany’s air force during World War II, known for its major role in early Blitzkrieg campaigns and the Battle of Britain.

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All labels observed (27)

Label Occurrences
Luftwaffe canonical 648
German Luftwaffe 32
Oberkommando der Luftwaffe 17

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
alliedWith Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
Regia Aeronautica ⓘ
commander Albert Kesselring ⓘ
Erhard Milch ⓘ
Hermann Göring ⓘ
Hugo Sperrle ⓘ
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen ⓘ
surface form: Wolfram von Richthofen
conflict Spanish Civil War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateDissolved 1945 ⓘ
dateFounded 1935 ⓘ
foundedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi regime
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
involvedIn bombing of Coventry ⓘ
bombing of Guernica ⓘ
bombing of London ⓘ
bombing of Rotterdam ⓘ
language German ⓘ
notablePilot Adolf Galland ⓘ
Erich Hartmann ⓘ
Günther Rall ⓘ
Hans-Ulrich Rudel ⓘ
Werner Mölders ⓘ
notableUnit Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper units)

Jagdgeschwader 26 ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 52 ⓘ
Kampfgeschwader 53 ⓘ
Lehrgeschwader 1 ⓘ
opposedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
partOf Wehrmacht ⓘ
roleInConflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ
Blitzkrieg campaigns ⓘ
Defense of the Reich ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
usedAircraft Arado Ar 234 ⓘ
Dornier Do 17 ⓘ
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ⓘ
Heinkel He 111 ⓘ
Heinkel He 177 ⓘ
Junkers Ju 87 ⓘ
Junkers Ju 88 ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 110 ⓘ
Messerschmitt Me 163 ⓘ
Messerschmitt Me 262 ⓘ
usedTactic close air support ⓘ
dive bombing ⓘ
fighter interception ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
usedWeapon V-1 flying bomb ⓘ
V-2 rocket ⓘ

Referenced by (739)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Britain → combatant → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Battle of Britain → airForceOfGermany → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Invasion of Poland → mainAttacker → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Blitz → belligerent → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Italian campaign → opponent → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Nazi Germany → airForce → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Wehrmacht → hasPart → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Fall Weiss → involvedForce → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 26 → partOf → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 26 → militaryBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 26 → service → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Air Force in World War II
Albert Kesselring → militaryBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Messerschmitt Bf 109 → primaryUser → Luftwaffe ⓘ
September Campaign → hasParticipant → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Battle of Hel → involvedBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Operation Barbarossa → involvedUnit → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Case Blue → involves → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Case Blue → militaryBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Air Force
Heinkel He 111 → usedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Heinkel He 111 → primaryUser → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Heinkel He 111 → operator → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Heinkel He 111 → enteredServiceWith → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Hermann Göring → militaryBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Allied bombing of Germany → opponent → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Allied bombing of Germany → opponent → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Air Force
Battle of Narvik → airSupport → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Defense of the Reich → militaryBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Defense of the Reich → commandStructure → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe Reich Air Defense system
Jagdgeschwader 52 → partOf → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Jagdgeschwader 52 → militaryBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
bombing of Coventry → attacker → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Case White → involvedUnit → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Lehrgeschwader 1 → partOf → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Lehrgeschwader 1 → militaryBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Lehrgeschwader 1 → airForce → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Kampfgeschwader 53 → partOf → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Kampfgeschwader 53 → branch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Kampfgeschwader 53 → operatedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe high command
Battle of Malta → attackedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Allied Expeditionary Air Force → opponent → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Junkers Ju 88 → usedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Operation Sea Lion → plannedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Operation Sea Lion → militaryBranchInvolved → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → usedByBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Plan White → involvedBranch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Dornier Do 17 → usedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Dornier Do 17 → primaryUser → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Operation Tidal Wave → defendedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Operation Weserübung → involves → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Operation Weser Exercise → participant → Luftwaffe ⓘ