Luftwaffe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Luftwaffe
C20: German, literally: air weapon
Example Sentences
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By 1944 the OT’s workforce numbered 1.5 million, around the same size as the Luftwaffe before the invasion of Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
In September 1938, just as the Munich crisis was heating up, he told the French government that the Luftwaffe possessed 8,000 aircraft and could produce 1,500 per month.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024
One B-17 survives Luftwaffe attacks and crash-lands in Northern Africa.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024
There she became involved in the Battle of the Beams as both the RAF and Luftwaffe tried to confuse enemy aircraft and direct them off target.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023
She borrowed an antiaircraft balloon from the Luftwaffe and tethered it near the finish so a cameraman could dangle from it for aerial shots.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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