Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe Was the German Air force from 1935 to 1946. It was formed in secret due to the fact that the Treaty of Versailles Banned Germany from having an air force, just a small Army and Navy. Since the Luftwaffe was top secret, it had to train in a remote part of Russia at the Lipetsk Aviation School to avoid being found. The Luftwaffe also had a clever way of training pilots. They would use commercial airliners to train pilots without being detected. In 1936, the Luftwaffe got its first dose of action while supporting the fascist leader, Franco in the Spanish Civil War. The more advanced Luftwaffe blew anything in its way out of the water and almost went without difficulty. Then, in 1939 the same thing happened in France, Belgium, and Holland which all fell to the superior force in weeks. To take these countries the Luftwaffe used a new tactic called //Blitzkrieg.// this was when a force of heavily armed planes and infantry would rush into enemy territory and destroy everything in its path to make way for a larger infantry force. After all of these victories to less advanced enemies, the Luftwaffe thought they were unstoppable, But in 1940 in the battle of Britain, that would soon change at the hands of the better trained RAF (Royal Air Force) pilots. Even after suffering heavy losses at the Battle of Britain, It did not stop them as they set their sights on Russia. But winter in Russia hit the unaccustomed troops and they fell even further back. In battles to come the Luftwaffe lost more good trained pilots then they could replace. On top of that, they had a major shortage on aviation fuel that grounded just about the entire air force. After the fuel shortages, most Luftwaffe servicemen and women were assigned anti-aircraft duties to defend what was left of Germany. But when the Nazi party fell, so did the Luftwaffe. It was officially disbanded in 1946.