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
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
This kind of siren, so strongly associated in Britain with World War Two, is actually more than a century old, and has been used for all kinds of emergencies - not just Luftwaffe bombing raids.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2024
When they spotted a group of German bombers, Lilya followed her leader straight into such a forceful attack that the Luftwaffe aircraft scattered.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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