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    The Defence of the Reich (German: Reichsverteidigung) is the name given to the strategic defensive aerial campaign fought by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany...
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    The Ministry of the Reichswehr (German: Reichswehrministerium) was the defence ministry of the Weimar Republic and the early Third Reich. The 1919 Weimar...
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    Jagdgeschwader 1 (World War II) (category Fighter wings of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945)
    excursions. The unit was rarely engaged in large-scale confrontations during this time. From late 1942 onwards it was tasked with Defence of the Reich (German:...
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    Josef Kammhuber (category Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    director of the Reich Air Ministry, led to his dismissal in 1943. After the war, he joined the Bundeswehr, the armed forces of West Germany serving as the first...
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  • Army Group Centre (category Army groups of the German Army in World War II)
    Flakeinsatz im Reich 1943–1945 [Ground forces: Named units and formations / Air forces (Flying units and formations) / Anti–aircraft service in the Reich 1943–1945]...
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    in 1938 to the Cabinet Council and in August 1939 to the Council of Ministers for Defence of the Reich. Hitler decreed on the outbreak of war on 1 September...
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    Adolf Galland (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds)
    served throughout the Second World War in Europe. He flew 705 combat missions and fought on the Western Front and in the Defence of the Reich. On four occasions...
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    longest air campaign of the war on 3 September 1939, the Defence of the Reich. After the declaration of war, RAF Bomber Command began operations against Nazi...
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    The failure of the Luftwaffe in the Defence of the Reich campaign was a result of a number of factors. The Luftwaffe lacked an effective air defence system...
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    Hans Jeschonnek (category Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with a Star)
    German ports which set in motion one of the longest wartime campaigns for the Luftwaffe — known as the Defence of the Reich (Reichsverteidigung). On 21 September...
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