Defence of the Reich
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The Defence of the Reich was the strategic defensive aerial campaign fought by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany over German-occupied Europe and Germany during World War II against the Allied strategic bo
Maj. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle's fighter tactics against the Luftwaffe fatally disabled its bomber destroyer forces from early 1944 onwards
Anti-aircraft defences on the Flakturm Tiergarten in Berlin, one of the flak towers built from 1940
Destruction of Cologne after the 9 June 1942 attack
German training material for fighter pilot instructions
Hans Jeschonnek
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Hans Wenzel Ernst Jeschonnek was a German military aviator in the Luftstreitkräfte during World War I, a general staff officer in the Reichswehr in the inter–war period and Generaloberst and a Chief o
Defence of the Reich
…this danger remained hypothetical. Only seven Gruppen covered German air space, with the critical industries not well protected. On 21 September 1939, Hans Jeschonnek, the Luftwaffe's Chief of Staff, clarified the role of the day fighter force in the defence of German territory. Fighter units earmarked for specific…
Jeschonnek in 1941
Preußische Hauptkadettenanstalt
General Wever
Jeschonnek with Göring, 1941, before the deterioration of their relationship