Luftwaffe (Wehrmacht)
It was the air combat unit of the German Wehrmacht troops during World War II. The Marine-Fliegerabteilung was disbanded in May 1920 under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, and Germany was prohibited from having any air force. In the interwar period, German pilots were secretly trained at Lipetsk Air Base in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. With the rise of the Nazi Party and the rejection of the Treaty of Versailles, the Luftwaffe was officially established on February 26, 1935. When it broke out in 1939, it had become one of the world's best, technologically advanced and combat-experienced air forces. By the summer of 1939, the Luftwaffe had a squadron of 28 aircraft. German fighter pilots During World War II, nearly 70000 air victories were won, including 25000 by British or american aircraft and 45000 by Russian aircraft. Luftwaffe emblem 103 German fighter pilots shot down more than 100 a...