Luftwaffe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Luftwaffe
C20: German, literally: air weapon
Example Sentences
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His coverage of the Luftwaffe bombings and of a nation ever more tightening its belt is memorable and, in places, quite lovely and moving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
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
It was a cause of acute embarrassment for Berlin given that a brigadier general in the Luftwaffe appeared to allow spies into the secure call by dialling in on an insecure line.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024
One B-17 survives Luftwaffe attacks and crash-lands in Northern Africa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
In the spring of 1941, the Luftwaffe regularly sent spy planes over Russian troops and Russian cities.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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