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Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

"Luftflotten"'' (Air Fleets) and their locations between 1939 and 1945.Luftflotten
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Timeline

ImageSize = width:580 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = left:80 bottom:60 top:10 right:40 AlignBars = early DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy # European date format Period = from:01/01/1939 till:08/05/1945 # TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:01/01/1939 ScaleMinor = grid:blue unit:month increment:3 start:01/01/1939 PlotData= color:red width:10 bar:Luftflotte1 from:01/02/1939 till:08/05/1945 text:

Luftflotte 1 ''Luftflotte'' 1For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation (Air Fleet 1) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 1 February 1939 from Luftwaffengruppe ...

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Luftflotte 2 __NOTOC__ ''Luftflotte'' 2For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation (Air Fleet 2) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 1 February 1939 in Braunsch ...

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Luftflotte 3 ''Luftflotte'' 3For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation (Air Fleet 3) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on 1 February 1939 from ''Luftwaffengr ...

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Luftflotte 4 ''Luftflotte'' 4For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation (Air Fleet 4) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on March 18, 1939, from Luftwaffenkomm ...

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Luftflotte 5 Luftflotte 5 (Air Fleet 5) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed 12 April 1940 in Hamburg for the invasion of Norway. It transferred to Oslo, Norway on 24 April 1940 and was the organization respo ...

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Luftflotte 6 Luftflotte 6For an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation (Air Fleet 6) was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on May 5, 1943 from Luftwaffenkommando Ost ...

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Luftflotte Reich Luftflotte ReichFor an explanation of the meaning of Luftwaffe unit designation see Luftwaffe Organisation (Air Fleet ''Reich'') was one of the primary divisions of the German Luftwaffe in World War II. It was formed on February 5, 1944 in Berlin ...

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1939

: '' Before the invasion of Poland.'' * ''

'' (Northeast Germany) * ''

'' (Northwest Germany) * ''

'' (Southwest Germany) * ''

'' (Southeast Germany and Austria)

1940

: Luftwaffe Order of Battle August 1940. * ''

'' (Poland) * ''Luftflotte'' 2 (The Netherlands, Belgium, Northern Germany) * ''Luftflotte'' 3 (France, Luxembourg, Middle Germany) * ''Luftflotte'' 4 (Austria and Czech Republic) * ''

'' (Norway and Denmark)

1942

: ''During operations on the Eastern and African fronts.'' *''Luftflotte'' 1 (Russian Northern front) *''Luftflotte'' 2 (

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

, Southern Italy and Greece) *''Luftflotte'' 3 (France, the Netherlands and Belgium) *''Luftflotte'' 4 (Black Sea coast, Ukraine, the Caucasus) *''Luftflotte'' 5 (Norway and Finland) *''Luftflotte'' 6 (Central Russian front, Belarus)

1944

: ''During the last stages of the Eastern front, the Balkans, North Italy and West area.'' *

(Baltic coasts) *Luftflotte 2 (Northern Italy) *

(France, Belgium and the Netherlands) *

(Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania) *

(Norway and Finland) *

(Russian Central front, Belarus) *''

Deutschland'' (Germany) * Luftflotte 10 (''Ergänzungs- und Ausbildungseinheiten''; replacement and training units) (Berlin)

1945

: ''During the last period of conflict on the European front.'' *''Luftflotte'' 1 (Lithuania) *''Luftflotte'' 2 (Northern Italy) *''Luftflotte'' 3 (West Germany and the Netherlands) *''Luftflotte'' 4 (Hungary and Yugoslavia) *''Luftflotte'' 5 (Norway and Finland) *''Luftflotte'' 6 (East Germany) *''Luftflotte Reich'' (Central Germany) *''Luftflotte'' 10 (Berlin)

Sources

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