{"slug": "luftwaffe", "label": "Luftwaffe", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2564009", "qid": "Q2564009", "description": "1935–1945 aerial warfare branch of Germany's military", "entries": 14, "years": 6, "span": [1935, 1943], "span_label": ["1935 CE", "1943 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "nazi-germany", "label": "Nazi Germany", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "bari", "label": "Bari", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "adolf-hitler", "label": "Adolf Hitler", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "allies-of-world-war-ii", "label": "Allies of World War II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "francoist-spain", "label": "Francoist Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zeeland", "label": "Zeeland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rotterdam", "label": "Rotterdam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "coventry", "label": "Coventry", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oran", "label": "Oran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "london-underground", "label": "London Underground", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1935, "year_label": "1935 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – In Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler orders reinstatement of the air force, the Luftwaffe, in violation of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370722923#February", "title": "1935", "revid": 1370722923, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – The Bombing of Jaén is carried out in Spain, by the Condor Legion of the Nazi German Luftwaffe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#April", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Spanish Civil War: The Bombing of Guernica is carried out in Spain, by the Condor Legion of the Nazi German Luftwaffe, in support of the Francoists. Three-quarters of the town is destroyed and hundreds killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#April", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1939, "year_label": "1939 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – WWII: Battle of the Heligoland Bight – RAF Bomber Command, on a daylight mission to attack Kriegsmarine ships in the Heligoland Bight, is repulsed by Luftwaffe fighter aircraft.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372426050#December", "title": "1939", "revid": 1372426050, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – Rotterdam is subjected to savage terror bombing by the Luftwaffe; 980 are killed, and 20,000 buildings destroyed. General Henri Winkelman announces the surrender of the Dutch army (outside Zeeland) to German forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#May", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – RMS Lancastria, serving as a troopship, is bombed and sunk by Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 aircraft, while evacuating British troops and nationals from Saint-Nazaire in France, with the loss of at least 4,000 lives, the largest single UK loss in any World War II event, immediate news of which is suppressed in the British press. Destroyer HMS Beagle rescues around 600.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#June", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 17", "text": "17 June – A Luftwaffe Junkers Ju 88 bomber sinks the British ship RMS Lancastria, which was evacuating troops from near Saint-Nazaire, France, killing some 5,800 men. (Wartime censorship prevents the story from becoming public.)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358783301#June", "title": "1940 in Germany", "revid": 1358783301, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – WWII: At least 66 people are killed when a Luftwaffe bomb penetrates Balham station on the London Underground which is in use as an air-raid shelter during The Blitz on England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#October", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – WWII: Coventry Blitz – The city centre of Coventry, England is destroyed by 500 Luftwaffe bombers; 150,000 fire bombs, 503 tons of high explosives and 130 parachute mines level 60,000 of the city's 75,000 buildings; 568 people are killed. The city's cathedral is gutted.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#November", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – WWII: \"Second Great Fire of London\" – The Luftwaffe carries out a massive incendiary bombing raid, starting 1,500 fires. Many famous buildings, including the Guildhall and Trinity House, are either damaged or destroyed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#December", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2 – A USAAF squadron, including B-24 Liberators, intercepts many Luftwaffe patrols off the coast of Oran, Algeria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372873908#November", "title": "1942", "revid": 1372873908, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26 – WWII: British troopship HMT Rohna is sunk off the north African coast by a Luftwaffe Henschel Hs 293 radio controlled glide bomb, killing 1,015.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#November", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – WWII: Bari chemical warfare disaster: A surprise Luftwaffe air raid on Bari, Italy sinks 28 Allied ships in the harbor, including the American Liberty ship SS John Harvey, releasing its secret cargo of mustard gas bombs, inflating the number of casualties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#December", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 2", "text": "2 December – A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks an American ship with a mustard gas stockpile, causing numerous fatalities; the exact death toll is unresolved, as the bombing raid itself causes hundreds of deaths as well.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373073497#Events", "title": "1943 in Germany", "revid": 1373073497, "section": "Events"}}]}