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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Observed surface forms (16)

Surface form Occurrences
German Luftwaffe 17
Oberkommando der Luftwaffe 11
German Air Force 6

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 (271)

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

Heinkel He 177 → airForce → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Lehrgeschwader 1 → airForce → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Nazi Germany → airForce → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Schwalbe → airForce → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Sturmvogel → airForce → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Siege of Tobruk → airOpposition → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Battle of Narvik → airSupport → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Battle of Malta → attackedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
bombing of Coventry → attacker → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Battle of Hamburg → belligerent → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Blitz → belligerent → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Soviet-German Front → belligerent → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Bomber Wing 53 → branch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Kampfgeschwader 53 → branch → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Luftflotte 2 → branchOf → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Air Force (Wehrmacht)
Battle of Britain → combatant → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Battle of the Ruhr → combatant → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe Reich Air Defense system
KG 53 → commandStructure → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe bomber force
The Blitz → conductedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Gatow Airfield → constructedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Kammhuber Line → creator → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Junkers → customer → Luftwaffe ⓘ
WNF (Austria) → customer → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Operation Tidal Wave → defendedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
V-1 flying bomb → developedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
doodlebug → developedBy → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Luftwaffe
Focke-Wulf → developedFor → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe fighter force
Walter HWK 109-509 → developedFor → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
this entity surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
OKW → distinctFrom → Luftwaffe ⓘ
subject surface form: Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
this entity surface form: Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
Waffen-SS → distinctFrom → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Erhard Milch → employer → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Hugo Sperrle → employer → Luftwaffe ⓘ
Siegfried Günter → employer → Luftwaffe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luftwaffe (through aircraft design work for German aviation industry)