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Luftwaffe

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Luft·waf·fe  (lftväf)
n.
The German air force before and during World War II.
[German : Luft, air (from Middle High German, from Old High German) + Waffe, weapon (from Middle High German wfen, from Old High German waffan).]
Luftwaffe German [ˈlʊftvafə]
n
(Military) the German Air Force
[German, literally: air weapon]
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Noun1.Luftwaffe - the German airforce
German Luftwaffe
air force, airforce - the airborne branch of a country's armed forces
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Mr Logan's pregnant mother Florence, father Michael, and brother Frank, aged just five, were all killed by the German Luftwaffe who struck their shelter in Henry Street.
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COVENTRY faced the might of the German war machine on November 14, 1940, when the Luftwaffe caused terrible destruction during an air raid that lasted more than ten hours.
RememberWhen? 1940 by Birmingham Mail (England)
Gunther Rall had originally joined the Wehrmacht, the German army, in 1936, but switched to the Luftwaffe and learned to fly two years later.
Gunther Rall; OBITUARY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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