Luftwaffe

Air force · Germany · 1935 – December 31, 1945

Fought in World War II Wikipedia

Sub-units 51

Corps II Parachute Corps (Germany)
Division 7th Parachute Division
Air unit Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II)
Air unit Jagdgeschwader 77
Division 2nd Parachute Division
Division 11th Luftwaffe Field Division
Air unit Kampfgeschwader 51
Air unit Kampfgeschwader 200
Division 6th Parachute Division
Fleet Fliegerführer Afrika
Division 10th Flak Division
Division 10th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 10th Parachute Division (Germany)
Division 11th Parachute Division
Division 12th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 13th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 14th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 18th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 1st Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 2nd Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 3rd Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 3rd Parachute Division
Division 4th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 4th Parachute Division
Division 5th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 6th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 7th Flak Division
Division 7th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 8th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 9th Flak Division
Division 9th Luftwaffe Field Division
Division 9th Parachute Division
Air unit Jagdgeschwader 26
Division 1st Flak Division
Division 2nd Flak Division
Division 4th Flak Division
Division 5th Flak Division
Air force Luftflotte 1
Air force Luftflotte 2
Air unit Zerstörergeschwader 76
Air unit Kampfgeschwader 55
Corps 8th Air Corps (Germany)
Division 6th Flak Division
Corps 1st Air Corps (Germany)
Corps 2nd Air Corps (Germany)
Corps 4th Air Corps (Germany)
Corps 5th Air Corps (Germany)
Division 12th Flak Division
Division 19th Flak Division
Corps 2nd Fighter Corps (Germany)
Division 5th Parachute Division

People who served 17

Helmut Schmidt Oberleutnant

Karl Carstens

Walter Scheel Senior Lieutenant

Hermann Göring Reichsmarschall

Wolfram von Richthofen Generalfeldmarschall

Albert Kesselring

Hugo Sperrle

Prince Christoph of Hesse

Alfred Schlemm General Der Fallschirmtruppe

Leonhard Kaupisch General Der Flieger

Kurt Student Generaloberst

Max Pruss

Otto Deßloch Colonel General

Hans Graf von Sponeck Generalleutnant Kurt Kuhlmey General Werner Junck Lieutenant General

Alexander Löhr Colonel General

Movements

July 17, 1936 – April 1, 1939 Spanish Civil War
September 1 – October 6, 1939 Invasion of Poland
September 8–28, 1939 Siege of Warsaw (1939)
December 18, 1939 Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939)
May 10, 1940 German invasion of Luxembourg
May 10–28, 1940 German invasion of Belgium (1940)
May 10 – June 25, 1940 Battle of France
June 3, 1940 Operation Paula
June 10, 1940 – May 16, 1943 North African campaign
July 10 – October 31, 1940 Battle of Britain
August 9, 1940 – April 23, 1943 Birmingham Blitz
September 7, 1940 – May 21, 1941 The Blitz
September 15, 1940 Battle of Britain Day
April 1941 – April 30, 1941 German invasion of Greece
April 6, 1941 – May 15, 1945 World War II in Yugoslavia
May 1941 – September 1941 Middle East Theatre of World War II
June 22, 1941 German-Soviet air war 22 June 1941
June 22, 1941 – May 9, 1945 Eastern Front (World War II)
June 22, 1941 – January 7, 1942 Operation Barbarossa
July 9, 1941 Baltic operation
September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944 Siege of Leningrad
October 2, 1941 – January 7, 1942 Battle of Moscow
October 18, 1941 – July 4, 1942 Crimean campaign
October 30, 1941 – July 4, 1942 Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
November 2, 1941 – January 14, 1944 Oranienbaum Bridgehead
December 26, 1941 – May 19, 1942 Battle of the Kerch Peninsula
January 15–23, 1942 Operation Southeast Croatia
January 21, 1942 Sonderkommando Blaich
February 2, 1942 Operation Ozren
May 1942 Operation Bustard Hunt
May 1942 Bombing of Cologne in World War II
June 1 – November 24, 1942 Case Blue
July 17, 1942 – February 2, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad
July 23 – August 11, 1942 Battle of Kalach
July 23 – November 18, 1942 Operation Edelweiss
August 30 – September 5, 1942 Battle of Alam el Halfa
October 23 – November 11, 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein
November 17, 1942 – May 13, 1943 Tunisian campaign
November 19, 1942 – January 16, 1943 Battle of Velikiye Luki
November 25 – December 16, 1942 Operation Mars
December 12–23, 1942 Operation Winter Storm
December 12, 1942 – February 18, 1943 Operation Little Saturn
February 10–13, 1943 Battle of Krasny Bor
March 5 – July 31, 1943 Battle of the Ruhr
March 16–31, 1943 Battle of the Mareth Line
April 6–7, 1943 Battle of Wadi Akarit
April 27, 1943 Operation Flax
June 15–29, 1943 Operation Mammoth
July 5 – August 23, 1943 Battle of Kursk
July 10–12, 1943 Battle of Gela (1943)
July 22 – August 22, 1943 Mga offensive
August 1, 1943 Operation Tidal Wave
August 17, 1943 Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission
August 24 – December 23, 1943 Battle of the Dnieper
September 8 – November 22, 1943 Dodecanese campaign
September 26 – November 16, 1943 Battle of Leros
December 16, 1943 Battle of Nevel (1943)
December 24, 1943 – April 14, 1944 Dnieper–Carpathian offensive
January 14–30, 1944 Krasnoye Selo–Ropsha offensive
January 14 – March 1, 1944 Leningrad–Novgorod offensive
January 22 – June 4, 1944 Battle of Anzio
February 2 – August 10, 1944 Battle of Narva (1944)
March 19, 1944 German invasion of Hungary (1944)
March 26 – April 30, 1944 Odessa Offensive
June 6–15, 1944 Mission Albany
June 6, 1944 – July 1944 Invasion of Normandy
June 10–14, 1944 Battle of Carentan
June 22 – August 19, 1944 Operation Bagration
July 25–31, 1944 Operation Cobra
August 1 – October 2, 1944 Warsaw Uprising
August 7 – September 19, 1944 Battle for Brest
September 14, 1944 – February 10, 1945 Battle of Hürtgen Forest
September 14 – October 24, 1944 Riga offensive (1944)
September 30 – October 8, 1944 Battle of the Nijmegen salient
October 8 – November 14, 1944 Stracin–Kumanovo operation
October 9, 1944 – May 10, 1945 Courland Pocket
December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge
December 20–27, 1944 Siege of Bastogne
January 1, 1945 Operation Bodenplatte
January 23 – May 6, 1945 Siege of Breslau
February 8 – March 11, 1945 Operation Veritable
February 24 – April 4, 1945 East Pomeranian offensive
March 6–16, 1945 Operation Spring Awakening
March 22 – May 8, 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany
March 24, 1945 Operation Varsity
April 14–18, 1945 Battle of Groningen
April 16 – May 2, 1945 Battle of Berlin
April 16–19, 1945 Battle of the Seelow Heights
April 18, 1945 Ruhr Pocket