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Oberkommando der Luftwaffe
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The was organized in a large and diverse structure led by Reich minister and supreme commander of the Air force () Hermann Göring. Through the Ministry of Aviation () Göring controlled all aspects of aviation in Germany, civilian and military alike. This organization was established in the peacetime period predating the German involvement in the Spanish Civil War.{{sfn|Caldwell|Muller|2007|pp=144â145}}In early 1937, Göring announced the reorganization of the Reich Air Ministry into military and civilian branches. The military branch was to be led by the Air Force High Command () with its chief and general staff. However, the separation of military from civil aviation was incomplete and fragmented. Some parts of the military branch were left under the control of the General Inspector of the Air force, Field marshal general () Erhard Milch.These were:- Central Branch
- General Air Office
- All the inspectorates{{sfn|Mitcham|2007|pp=21â22}}
- Personnel Office â under Major General () Robert Ritter von Greim
- Air Defense â under general of anti-aircraft artillery () Günther Rüdel
- Technical Office â under Major General Ernst Udet
Organization
To gear-up for the European war as the air arm of the combined armed forces of Nazi Germany (), the German Air force needed a high command equivalent to that of the Army () and the Navy (). Thus on 5 February 1935, the OKL was created, and in 1939 the structure of the German Air force was newly organized. The credit for the formation of a true high command goes to Air force general () Günther Korten commander of Air Fleet 1 () and his Chief of Operations, Karl Koller. They both campaigned to carve a command out of Goring's all-encompassing Ministry of Aviation. The intent was to put the German Air force on a true wartime footing, by grouping all the essential military parts of the RLM into a single command.It included the following branches:{{sfn|Caldwell|Muller|2007|pp=144â145}}{{sfn|United States War Department|1995|p=15}}- General Staff
- Operational Staff
- All the Weapon's Inspectorate
- Quartermasters Branch
- Signals Service{{sfn|Caldwell|Muller|2007|pp=144â145}}
List of commanders
Commander-in-Chief of the OKL
{{Officeholder table start| showorder = y| showimage = y| image_title = Portrait| officeholder_title = Commander-in-Chief| showtermlenght = y| showparty = n| showdefencebranch = n| showref = y}}{{Officeholder table| order = 1| image = Hermann Göring - Röhr.jpg| military_rank =Reichsmarschall| officeholder = Hermann Göring| officeholder_sort = Göring, Hermann| born_year = 1893| died_year = 1946| term_start = 1 March 1935| term_end = 24 April 1945Chief of General Staff of the OKL
(File:Chef Generalstab Luftwaffe.svg|thumb|Flag for the Chief of the OKL General Staff){{Officeholder table start| showorder = y| showimage = y| image_title = Portrait| officeholder_title = Chief of the OKL General Staff| showtermlenght = y| showparty = n| showdefencebranch = n| showref = y}}{{Officeholder table| order = 1| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1976-026-04A, Walter Wever.jpg| military_rank =GeneralleutnantReferences
Citations
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}Bibliography
- BOOK, Caldwell, Donald, Muller, Richard, 2007, The Luftwaffe Over Germany: Defense of the Reich, MBI Publishing Company, 978-1-85367-712-0,weblink
- BOOK, Joachimstahaler, Anton, The Last Days of Hitler: The Legends - The Evidence - The Truth, Brockhampton Press, London, 1999, 1-86019-902-X,
- BOOK, Lepage, Jean Denis G. G., 2009, Aircraft of the Luftwaffe 1935â1945: An Illustrated History,weblink McFarland & Company, 978-0-7864-3937-9,
- BOOK, Mitcham, Samuel Jr., 2007, Eagles of the Third Reich: Men of the Luftwaffe in World War II,weblink Stackpole Books, 978-0-7864-3937-9,
- BOOK, Stedman, Robert, Chappell, Mike, 2002, Luftwaffe Air & Ground Crew 1939â45,weblink Osprey Publishing, 1-84176-404-3,
- BOOK, United States War Department, 1995, Handbook on German Military Forces, LSU Press, 0-8071-2011-1,weblink
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