In the Luftwaffe’s case, its equipment enabled it to fight the short- offensive OCA campaign but limited its ability to engage in other forms of air war. Equipped for a short-offensive war, the Luftwaffe was …

The Luftwaffe, as with all military organizations, was achild ofits time. The theories current throughout Europe in the1920'sand1930'swith respect to the future course of warfare in general and air war in …

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THE LAST OF THE LUFTWAFFE Germany’s last real stand in the west was the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, during which more of its aircraft and pilots were lost.

The commanding officer of No 17 Sqn, wg Cdr J E Houghton, briefs an officer of the Luftwaffe unit with which the squadron was then ‘twinned’ – the second Staffel of JBG 34 – prior to a joint sortie from …

A full list of Germany’s allied air forces, the forces that flew alongside the Luftwaffe or under Luftwaffe command, would include Slovakia, Croatia and Bulgaria alongside the Italians, Rumanians, Finns …

Resource distribution is analysed along five dimensions. The first is the allocation of aircraft, the second that of aircraft armament and aviation technology. This is followed by discussion of the allocation of …