Dive Bombing In Germany
Segment One
The Luftwaffe was created in 1935 at Noervnich Airbase, located in central Germany, the heart of international business and home to the Jagbombgeschwader 31 air squardon. They were forcefully disbanded in 1946 when Allied soldiers took control of Germany. Even though their reign was only a mere 11 years, it became the most technologically advanced air force during this time period. It became the most feared asset of the German army, utilizing the military tactic called Blitzkrieg or “Lightning War”. It was responsible for creating the starting of much of the technology used today.
Since the Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to have an air force, German pilots trained in violation of the treaty in secret. In spite of this, …show more content…
Keeping their territories under check and keeping enemy cities under suppression of regular bombing runs. However, the poor accuracy of these high level bombers led to the use of dive bombing. Dive bombing granted the maximum accuracy to small mobile targets such as tanks. Range was not the key criteria for these tasks and it was not always viable for the army to move heavy artillery over recently captured territory to bombard fortifications or support ground forces when faster dive-bombers could do the job more …show more content…
When the war started, following Germany 's initial victories in Poland and France, Hitler gave Goering the highest military rank of Reichsmarshal, but in the summer of 1940, in the Battle of Britain, it became clear that Goering 's Luftwaffe has serious problems. Its fighters were too short ranged and it 's bombers too vulnerable, and there were no heavy bombers. It suffered heavy losses and (because of Hitler 's decision to shift the objective from destroying the Royal Air force to terror bombing London) the Luftwaffe failed to destroy the Royal Air force.
In 1941, Hermann Goering signed the Nazi plan for “The final solution of the Jewish problem”, which resulted in the arrest, deportation, imprisonment, starvation, forced hard labor, and eventual mass murder of 6 million of Europe 's Jews and other groups the Nazis disliked.
As the final years of the war waged on, Goering sent a telegram to Hitler requesting he take full command of the German army. Hitler saw this as treason and ordered Goering 's S.S. Guards to arrest and execute him. They never did carry out his order and on May 9, 1945. he was arrested by Allied soldiers. Goering was tried on numerous charges: Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace. Planning, initiating,
The Luftwaffe was created in 1935 at Noervnich Airbase, located in central Germany, the heart of international business and home to the Jagbombgeschwader 31 air squardon. They were forcefully disbanded in 1946 when Allied soldiers took control of Germany. Even though their reign was only a mere 11 years, it became the most technologically advanced air force during this time period. It became the most feared asset of the German army, utilizing the military tactic called Blitzkrieg or “Lightning War”. It was responsible for creating the starting of much of the technology used today.
Since the Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to have an air force, German pilots trained in violation of the treaty in secret. In spite of this, …show more content…
Keeping their territories under check and keeping enemy cities under suppression of regular bombing runs. However, the poor accuracy of these high level bombers led to the use of dive bombing. Dive bombing granted the maximum accuracy to small mobile targets such as tanks. Range was not the key criteria for these tasks and it was not always viable for the army to move heavy artillery over recently captured territory to bombard fortifications or support ground forces when faster dive-bombers could do the job more …show more content…
When the war started, following Germany 's initial victories in Poland and France, Hitler gave Goering the highest military rank of Reichsmarshal, but in the summer of 1940, in the Battle of Britain, it became clear that Goering 's Luftwaffe has serious problems. Its fighters were too short ranged and it 's bombers too vulnerable, and there were no heavy bombers. It suffered heavy losses and (because of Hitler 's decision to shift the objective from destroying the Royal Air force to terror bombing London) the Luftwaffe failed to destroy the Royal Air force.
In 1941, Hermann Goering signed the Nazi plan for “The final solution of the Jewish problem”, which resulted in the arrest, deportation, imprisonment, starvation, forced hard labor, and eventual mass murder of 6 million of Europe 's Jews and other groups the Nazis disliked.
As the final years of the war waged on, Goering sent a telegram to Hitler requesting he take full command of the German army. Hitler saw this as treason and ordered Goering 's S.S. Guards to arrest and execute him. They never did carry out his order and on May 9, 1945. he was arrested by Allied soldiers. Goering was tried on numerous charges: Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace. Planning, initiating,