Reich Air Ministry

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The Reich Air Ministry was the central government department of Nazi Germany responsible for overseeing the Luftwaffe and all aspects of aviation policy, production, and operations.

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Reichsluftfahrtministerium 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central government department
government ministry
abbreviation RLM
alsoKnownAs Reich Air Ministry
surface form: Reichsluftfahrtministerium
appliesToJurisdiction German Reich NERFINISHED
architectOfHeadquarters Ernst Sagebiel NERFINISHED
continent Europe
controlled Luftwaffe aircraft design requirements
Luftwaffe procurement policy
allocation of raw materials to aircraft manufacturers
licensing of civil aviation in Nazi Germany
country Nazi Germany
currentUseOfHeadquartersBuilding Reich Ministry of Finance
surface form: German Finance Ministry headquarters (post-war)
dissolvedFollowing Allied occupation of Germany
defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945
fieldOfWork air armaments production
civil aviation regulation
military aviation
headquartersBuilding Reich Air Ministry building, Berlin
headquartersCompletionYear 1936
headquartersLocation Berlin
ideology Nazism
languageOfWorkOrName German
ministerInCharge Erhard Milch NERFINISHED
Hermann Göring
notableEmployee Albert Speer NERFINISHED
Erhard Milch NERFINISHED
Hermann Göring NERFINISHED
oversaw German aircraft industry
aircraft procurement for the Luftwaffe
aircraft research and development in Nazi Germany
aircrew training policy for the Luftwaffe
participatedIn German rearmament
militarization of German aviation
partOf Nazi state apparatus
politicalAlignment Nazi Party
surface form: National Socialist German Workers Party
replacedBy Allied Control Council authorities in aviation
responsibleFor Luftwaffe
aircraft production in Nazi Germany
aviation operations in Nazi Germany
aviation policy in Nazi Germany
significantBuilding Reich Ministry of Aviation vicinity
surface form: Reich Air Ministry building on Wilhelmstrasse
subordinateTo Adolf Hitler
Reich government
surface form: Government of Nazi Germany
timePeriod Interwar period
World War II
usedFor coordination of aircraft production programs such as the Junkers Ju 88
coordination of aircraft production programs such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109
planning of air campaigns in World War II

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Reich Air Ministry alsoKnownAs Reich Air Ministry
this entity surface form: Reichsluftfahrtministerium
Erhard Milch employer Reich Air Ministry
Bf usedByOrganization Reich Air Ministry
this entity surface form: Reichsluftfahrtministerium