Luftwaffe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Luftwaffe
C20: German, literally: air weapon
Example Sentences
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Germany this time is personified by a defendant: Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe and second only to the Führer in the military command.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
At 21, he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when air force personnel defended the skies against a large-scale assault by the German air force, the Luftwaffe.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 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
With civilians doing this unglamorous but necessary transport work, Britain’s fighter and bomber pilots could concentrate on flying into battle against the Luftwaffe, the fearsome second-to-none German Air Force.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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