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thumb|upright|Hermann Göring, the first Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe (in office: 1935–1945) thumb|upright|Robert Ritter von Greim, the second and last Supreme Commander of the Luftwaffe (in office: April–May 1945) The Luftwaffe () was the aerial-warfare branch of the before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the of the Imperial Army and the of the Imperial Navy, had been disbanded in May 1920 in accordance with the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, which banned Germany from having any air force.
Key facts
- Military unit.unit_name
- Luftwaffe
- Military unit.image
- COA Luftwaffe eagle silver (looking left).svg
- Military unit.caption
- Emblem of the Luftwaffe in silver
- Military unit.allegiance
- Adolf Hitler
- Military unit.type
- Air force
- Military unit.role
- Aerial warfare
- Military unit.size
- Aircraft: 119,871(total production)Personnel: 3,400,000(total in service at any time for 1939–45)
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- Military unit.battles
- World War II (1939–1945)
- Military unit.commander1
- See list
- Military unit.commander1_label
- OKL
- Military unit.commander2
- See list
- Military unit.commander2_label
- Inspector of Fighters
- Military unit.commander3
- See list
- Military unit.notable_commanders
- Hermann Göring Albert Kesselring Robert R. von Greim
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- air force
- Part of
- Wehrmacht
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Followed by
- Air Force of the National People's Army
- Follows
- Imperial German Air Service
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- COA Luftwaffe eagle gold (looking sinister).svg
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- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- item operated
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
- different from
- German Air Force
- applies to jurisdiction
- Nazi Germany
- Commons category
- Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)
- topic's main category
- Category:Luftwaffe
- inception
- 1935-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1945-00-00
- commanded by
- Robert Ritter von Greim
- P8168
- Akillik River
- native label
- Deutsche Luftwaffe
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