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In World War Two, not much. They made some bombing raids on London in the earlier part of the war. The Kriegsmarine (Navy) was rather disappointed in the Luftwaffe for failing to offer them air support in the North Atlantic. As a result, the German Navy was almost completely destroyed. Likewise, many people in Germany thought the Luftwaffe could have given a little more coverage to German cities, to keep allied aircraft from dominating the skies over their cities, which were being reduced to rubble daily by Allied bombers. While the Luftwaffe in WW2 had access to some truly advanced engineering, including fuel injection in their Messerschmidts, their terrifying "Stukas" and some real groundbreaking designs like the world's very first jet fighter (Me262), they never really got anywhere with it. For the most part, the Luftwaffe was a disappointing "no-show" when it came to defending the Reich. Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering was a bit of a windbag full of hot air when it came to actually delivering. He seemed to be more of a self-serving politico than a military strategist.

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