Luftwaffe

the Royal Air Force, “hopelessly outnumbered, horribly outgunned, [they] battled desperately and somehow, despite the odds, emerged victorious.” With all the odds stacked in their favour, buoyed from their recent success in France, the German Luftwaffe still failed to win the battle in the skies over Britain. This essay will provide a critical analysis of the key areas leading to their defeat, demonstrating the most important cause to be the ill-equipped and inflexible leadership of Goering,…

of the Luftwaffe, an innovative combination of aircraft of speed and range, fast armor (Panzer), and infantry. The Luftwaffe entered WWII demonstrating the doctrines of ‘control of air’ and ‘support to surface forces’. Their execution was so powerful, that the Germans easily took over the countries. The Blitzkrieg Operation “was a perfect example of air power acting in unison in support of the ground forces”. The Luftwaffe focused on three primary missions. The mission of the Luftwaffe was to…

frequently grounded the planes, [also] at this stage [the planes] did not fly at night”. There was, however, a more important reason, which was “the Luftwaffe met their first strong opposition by an air force that was to prove their match”, this ultimately being Great Britain’s Royal Air Force. This was the first time during the Second World War that the Luftwaffe had had a significant defeat, and ultimately was one of Nazi Germany greatest failures during the…

‘The defeat of Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain in 1940 was the main turning point in the second World War ‘How far do you agree with this statement? Between July and October dogfights between the RAF and Luftwaffe (who were the German air force) occurred in response to Germany’s bombing, of strategic targets on Britain’s mainland. Although many people believe that this was the main turning point in the war in Europe, it was more of an…

From the Wehrmacht, to the Luftwaffe and the navy all were used for Hitler’s advantage. And Operation Barbarossa is culmination of these tactics put into one directive, as it includes and discusses the roles of each department within the army, with air force, navy, and defence force and their specified roles, but also covers foreign policies by outlining the plan hide the intent of attacking, and strategically focusing the luftwaffe and and ground forces is the implementation of…

Japanese army. The very next day, the U.S declared war on Japan. In war, there are many tactics in the success of winning a battle, one of these is air dominance. In the early stages of the war, the German Luftwaffe was dominating the allied skies. Do in great part to the great planes the Luftwaffe had, the Stuka dive bombers, and the Focke-Wulf 190s were amazing planes of the time period. The allies did not have much in the way of defeating these planes until the British Spitfire came into…

aircraft force. The Luftwaffe started the battle with 2830 aircraft, made up of fighters, bombers and stuka dive bombers. The RAF comprised of 650 operational aircraft with 1434 aircrew spread over 52 squadrons. Post ‘The Battle of France’ the RAF were tactically well prepared. Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding had already sustained heavy casualties at Dunkirk and refused to send further…

once it had been taken out of the fight. These attacks were demoralizing for U.S. forces and appeared senseless and barbaric, through their western perspective. In Europe the United States Air Force and the British Royal Air Force had out grown the Luftwaffe after the Germans were incapable of sustaining the creation of new aircraft and fuel up the planes once they had lost large amounts of industrial territory from the…

precautions and created The Nazi-Soviet Pact that ensured that Russia would not interrupt the German invasion. But Germany couldn’t have done it without its superior military, being its Air Force the Luftwaffe as well as the tactics used. The strength of the German military had come from their ever growing Luftwaffe,…

Hermann Göring was a NAZI war official and commander of the Luftwaffe during World War 2. He planned and plotted the deaths of many individuals and groups. Under the rule of Hitler he was one of the most notorious men in all of NAZI Germany. Göring committed many war crimes in his time in office and will be remembered accordingly. Hermann Göring was born on the 12th January 1893 in Rosenheim, Bavaria. He was born to a well off family with his Dad, Heinrich Ernst Göring, being appointed by Otto…