Defense of the Reich

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World War II campaign air defense campaign military campaign

Defense of the Reich was the German Luftwaffe’s World War II air defense campaign aimed at protecting Nazi Germany from Allied strategic bombing.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Defense against Big Week	1
German air defense of the Reich	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II campaign ⓘ air defense campaign ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
aim	defense against Allied strategic bombing ⓘ protection of German airspace ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Reichsverteidigung ⓘ
belligerent	Nazi Germany ⓘ
casualties	heavy Luftwaffe fighter losses ⓘ
commandedBy	Hermann Göring ⓘ
commandStructure	Luftwaffe ⓘ surface form: Luftwaffe Reich Air Defense system
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
effect	attrition of experienced German fighter pilots ⓘ degradation of Luftwaffe air superiority capability ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1940s ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
location	German-occupied Europe ⓘ Germany ⓘ
militaryBranch	Luftwaffe ⓘ
notableBattle	Defense of the Reich self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Defense against Big Week Defense against the Battle of Berlin (air campaign) ⓘ Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive ⓘ Defense against the oil campaign of World War II ⓘ
opponent	Allied air forces ⓘ surface form: Allied forces Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
partOf	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
relatedTo	Allied strategic bombing campaign ⓘ Allied bombing of Germany ⓘ surface form: Combined Bomber Offensive
result	failure to prevent heavy damage to German cities and industry ⓘ
startTime	1942 ⓘ
usedSystem	Freya radar ⓘ Kammhuber Line ⓘ Würzburg radar ⓘ
usedTactic	anti-aircraft artillery ⓘ camouflage and deception measures ⓘ dispersal of aircraft to satellite airfields ⓘ fighter interception ⓘ night fighter operations ⓘ radar-guided interception ⓘ
usedWeapon	88 mm Flak gun ⓘ Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ⓘ Heinkel He 219 ⓘ Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ Messerschmitt Bf 110 ⓘ surface form: Messerschmitt Me 110 Messerschmitt Me 262 ⓘ Messerschmitt Bf 110 ⓘ surface form: Messerschmitt Me 410

Referenced by (12)

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

Luftwaffe High Command → conflict → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht → conflict → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

Defense of the Reich → notableBattle → Defense of the Reich self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense against Big Week

Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive → partOf → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

Kammhuber Line → partOf → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

this entity surface form: German air defense of the Reich

Gerhard Barkhorn → participatedIn → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

Jagdgeschwader 26 → participatedIn → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

Luftwaffe → roleInConflict → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

Messerschmitt Bf 110 → sawActionIn → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

JG 52 → theater → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

Jagdgeschwader 52 → theaterOfOperations → Defense of the Reich ⓘ

Josef Priller → theaterOfOperations → Defense of the Reich ⓘ