German term for an air force. It was also the official name for the Nazi air force founded in 1935. Led by Hermann Goering, it became the largest and most powerful in Europe by the start of World War ...

Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse. That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic ...

In 1940 Hitler sent 2,600 Luftwaffe fighters and bombers to ... to be fighter-bombers to carry out attacks on German ground forces. WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle of Britain?

They were built as fake WWII factories, airfields and towns ... of permanent Starfish decoy sites intended to deceive the German Luftwaffe into dropping their bombs in woodland and in the ...

The Luftwaffe had already been a key part of the German advance through Europe. By the summer of 1940, Britain was their next target, though the RAF was a significant barrier. The main aeroplane ...

A fighter pilot, Mr. Hemingway was part of the aerial resistance in 1940 that was credited with forcing Hitler to call off a planned invasion of Britain.