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26th February 1935: Hitler formally establishes the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:02:50
Publish Date: 2018-02-25 21:05:02
Description: The German Empire established its first air force, the Fliegertruppe, in 1910 which saw extensive action in the First World War. Following Germany’s defeat and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was banned from possessing an air force and the Fliegertruppe was dissolved. Despite the ban, the German military established a secret flight school at Lipetsk in the Soviet Union that began training fighter pilots and ground crew from 1926. This meant that there were already up to 120 trained pilots by the time Hitler came to power in January 1933. Senior Nazi, and former First World War ...
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