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Soldaten, or military personnel in a limited sense, consisted of officers, noncommissioned officers and airmen, belonging to the flying troops, fallschirmjäger, air defense artillery, air signal troops, construction units, and medical units, as well the Luftwaffe ground combat units, such as the Division "Hermann Goering" and the Luftwaffe field divisions.
Luftwaffe personnel who were court-martialed (5 P) L. Luftwaffe generals and leaders (2 C) Luftwaffe personnel of World War II (7 C, 123 P) Luftwaffe pilots (1 C, 392 P)
Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II (262 P) L. Luftwaffe World War II field marshals (6 P) Luftwaffe World War II generals (1 C, 148 P) Luftwaffenhelfer (54 P) W.
Pages in category "Luftwaffe World War II generals" The following 148 pages are in this category, out of 148 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
During 1942 surplus Luftwaffe personnel was used to form Luftwaffe Field Divisions, standard infantry divisions that were used chiefly as rear echelon units to free up front line troops. From 1943, the Luftwaffe also had an armoured division called Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring , which was expanded to a Panzerkorps in 1944.
The Luftwaffe Field Division had a minimal administrative staff along with logistical support personnel in pioneer, medical and supply companies along with maintenance and other staff. Although the division gave the impression of strength, the reality was that it was barely the size of an army brigade .
Luftwaffe Field Divisions were ordinary infantry divisions organized from Luftwaffe personnel made available after mid-war due to problems with manpower. They were originally Luftwaffe units but were later handed over to the Heer , retaining their numbering but with Luftwaffe attached to distinguish them from similarly numbered divisions ...
Luftwaffe World War II field marshals (6 P) This page was last edited on 1 November 2013, at 18:42 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...