German Air Fleets in World War II

A list of Luftwaffe "Luftflotten" (Air Fleets), and their locations between 1939 and 1945 [ [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Luftflotten/Gliederung.htm Luftflotten de icon] ] .ImageSize = width:580 height:auto barincrement:20PlotArea = left:80 bottom:60 top:10 right:40 AlignBars = early

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1939

: "Before the invasion of Poland."
* Luftflotte 1 (Northeast Germany)
* Luftflotte 2 (Northwest Germany)
* Luftflotte 3 (Southwest Germany)
* Luftflotte 4 (Southeast Germany and Austria)

1940

: "Luftwaffe Order of Battle August 1940."
* Luftflotte 1 (Poland)
* Luftflotte 2 (The Netherlands and Belgium)
* Luftflotte 3 (France)
* Luftflotte 4 (Austria and Czech Republic)
* Luftflotte 5 (Norway and Denmark)

1942

: "During operations on the Eastern and African fronts."
*Luftflotte 1 (Russian Northern front)
*Luftflotte 2 (North Africa, Southern Italy and Greece)
*Luftflotte 3 (France, the Netherlands and Belgium)
*Luftflotte 4 (Black Sea coast, Ukraine, the Caucasus)
*Luftflotte 5 (Norway and Finland)
*Luftflotte 6 (Central Russian front, Belarus)

1944

: "During the last stages of the Eastern front, the Balkans, North Italy and West area."
* Luftflotte 1 (Baltic coasts)
*Luftflotte 2 (Northern Italy)
* Luftflotte 3 (France, Belgium and the Netherlands)
* Luftflotte 4 (Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Romania)
*Luftflotte 5 (Norway and Finland)
* Luftflotte 6 (Russian Central front, Belarus)
*Luftflotte Reich Deutschland (Germany)
* Luftflotte 10 ("Ergänzungs- und Ausbildungseinheiten"; replacement and training units) (Berlin)

1945

: "During the last period of conflict on the European front."
*Luftflotte 1 (Lithuania)
*Luftflotte 2 (Northern Italy)
*Luftflotte 3 (West Germany and the Netherlands)
*Luftflotte 4 (Hungary and Yugoslavia)
*Luftflotte 5 (Norway and Finland)
*Luftflotte 6 (East Germany)
*Luftflotte Reich (Central Germany)
*Luftflotte 10 (Berlin)

ee also

Luftwaffe Organization

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