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The name for Germany's air force during the World War II period was "Luftwaffe". The name is generally translated into English as "Air Force"; however, a more literal translation would be "Air Arm" or "Air Weapon".
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe German air force was since its creation in 1935, during WWII and still is today called the Luftwaffe.
Luftwaffe literally translates from German to English as Air (Luft) Weapon (waffe).
It was disbanded in 1946 but when the FRG joined NATO in 1949 the air force was known as the Bundesluftwaffe (Federal Air Weapon). At the same time the GDR air force was called the Luftstreitkrafte der NVA (Air Fighting Force of the National Peoples Army).
Since Germany was reunified in 1990 the air force has been generally known again as the Luftwaffe.
please note my translations may not be completely accurate as i am not a fluent German speaker.
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∙ 13y agoThe Luftwaffe. I believe they still call it that now as well.
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∙ 13y agoThe German air force was called the Luftwaffe during ww2
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Just a small point to add - the German Air Defence Force is still known as the Luftwaffe today.
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