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    Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office (German: Chef des Luftwaffen-Personalamtes) was a leading position within the German Luftwaffe High Command in...
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  • and awards department Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office (Luftwaffe equivalent) Chief of the Kriegsmarine Personnel Office (Navy equivalent) Stone...
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    Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine Army Personnel Office (Wehrmacht) (army equivalent) Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Office (air force equivalent) Vierhaus...
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    The German Air Force (German: Luftwaffe, lit. 'air weapon or air arm', German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bundeswehr...
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    The Luftwaffe (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə] ) was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air...
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    Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (category Colonel generals of the Luftwaffe)
    head of personnel in the (illegal) Luftwaffe. After the Luftwaffe became formally legal in Germany because of the Nazis rejection of the terms of the Treaty...
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    the Luftwaffe (air force), as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reich Labour Service and the Volkssturm (German People storm militia), along with personnel from...
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    Robert Ritter von Greim (category Luftwaffe World War II field marshals)
    ace. In April 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe, Adolf Hitler appointed Greim commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe (German air force) after...
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    The Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (lit. 'Upper Command of the Air Force'; abbreviated OKL) was the high command of the air force (Luftwaffe) of Nazi Germany...
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    Gustav Kastner-Kirdorf (category Luftwaffe personnel of World War II)
    a German aviator who served in the Luftwaffe during the first and second World Wars. In 1899, he became a member of the Burschenschaft Hevellia Berlin...
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    three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    The Inspector of the Air Force (German: Inspekteur der Luftwaffe) is the commander of the Air Force of the modern-day German Armed Forces, the Bundeswehr...
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    removed from office, and Hitler appointed himself as Commander-in-Chief of the Army. From 1938, OKH was, together with Oberkommando der Luftwaffe (transl. Air...
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    Bruno Loerzer (category Colonel generals of the Luftwaffe)
    Generaloberst as Chief of the Luftwaffe Personnel Department and Chief of Personnel Armament and National Socialist Leadership of the Luftwaffe. Loerzer showed...
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    third office was established: the Ministerial Office, whose Chief functioned as the political representative of the Minister. The role of the General...
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    Wilhelm Burgdorf (category Military personnel from the Province of Brandenburg)
    assumed the role of the chief of the Army Personnel Office and chief adjutant to Adolf Hitler. In this capacity, he played a key role in the forced suicide...
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  • Cipher Department of the High Command of the Luftwaffe was the signals intelligence and cryptanalytic agency of the German Air Ministry before and during...
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    three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    Rudolf Meister (category Luftwaffe World War II generals)
    Flieger) in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded the 4th Air Corps. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany...
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    1 March 1935, the Luftwaffe was formally announced, with Walther Wever as Chief of Staff. The 1935 Luftwaffe doctrine for "Conduct of Air War" (Luftkriegführung)...
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    in 1944. Wilhelm Burgdorf – General of the Wehrmacht and Chief of its personnel office. Anton Burger – Commandant of concentration camp Theresienstadt between...
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    aircraft and the German Luftwaffe 3,750. Moreover, the Luftwaffe had more personnel on the staffs of its headquarters and air ministry than were in the entire...
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    three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst...
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    Command into a battle of annihilation. Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, ordered the new policy on 6 September...
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  • the German Army and Luftwaffe. Amt – office, main office branch. Amt Mil – German Army intelligence organization that succeeded the Abwehr. Amtsgruppe...
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    Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) who oversaw the development of the German air force (Luftwaffe) as part of the re-armament of Nazi Germany (1933-1945) following...
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    Albert Kesselring (category Luftwaffe personnel convicted of war crimes)
    the re-establishment of the German aviation industry and the laying of the foundations for the Luftwaffe, serving as its chief of staff from 1936 to 1938...
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    Hans Jeschonnek (category Colonel generals of the Luftwaffe)
    a Chief of the General Staff in the Luftwaffe, the aerial warfare branch of the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was born in 1899 and joined the military...
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