Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945)
Structure of German air force
Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945)
Between 1933 and 1945, the organisation of the Luftwaffe underwent several changes. Originally, the German military high command, for their air warfare forces, decided to use an organisational structure similar to the army and navy, treating the aviation branch as a strategic weapon of war. Later on, during the period of rapid rearmament, the Luftwaffe was organised more in a geographical fashion. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (1919), Germany was prohibited from having an air force, with the former German Empire's Luftstreitkräfte disbandment in 1920. German pilots were secretly trained for military aviation, first in the Soviet Union during the late 1920s, and then in Germany in the early 1930s. In Germany, the training was done under the guise of the German Air Sports Association (German: Deutscher Luftsportverband (DLV)) at the Central Commercial Pilots School (Zentrale der Verkehrs Fliegerschule (ZVF)). Following its 15 May 1933 formation in secret, the formation of the...
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