THE LUFTWAFFE 1940

The German air force was reborn in March 1935 when Hitler formally announced that Germany was rearming in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles. The first German air force was abolished in 1919 when the terms of the Treaty denied Germany any military aircraft or an organized air force. During the 1920s, the German army kept abreast of current aviation developments and, following agreements in 1922 and 1926 with the Soviet Union, German pilots were given facilities at Soviet air bases to try out new aircraft. The Defence Ministry had an office of air affairs and when Hitler came to power in January 1933, it was hoped that this could form the nucleus for secret air rearmament. Hitler’s close political ally, Hermann Goering, former commander of the Richthofen squadron at…

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