Luftwaffe

Profile: ~ Name, Aubrey Diefendorfn ~Age, 8 years old ~Hometown, Lubelskie, Poland ~Occupation, Elementary School, in the 3rd Grade

The Luftwaffe was the German Airforce. When Adolf Hilter came to power he made it clear that he was not going to keep with the terms of the Versailles Treaty and instead announce the establish of the Luftwaffe (Simkin 1). Thats when they came to Poland and started their stampede through all of our towns. During the next few days, Goering, the commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, ordered the production of a large number of fighter planes (Simkin 1). Between 1939 and 1945 over 3.4 million served in the Luftwaffe and 165,000 were killed, over 155,000 went missing and over 192,000 were wounded (Pipes 1). My brother was one of the ones that was killed from this in the street on his way home from school. After that my mother took me out of school to stay home with her because she did not want to lose me as well. Although offically announced in 1935, the Luftwaffe had existed in one form or another practically since the day the treaty banning it had been signed (Pipes 1).Thats why our troops could not prepare because they had no idea.Initially there were Freikorps air units, then later glider and sail plane formations tasked with finding ways around the rigid restrictions of Versailles, a secret training base in the Soviet Union, and various cover organizations for the initial forming of the new German airforce (Pipes 1). Then they started roaring over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities(Danzer et al. 539). Also, German tanks ran over the Polish countryside, spreading terror and confusion (Danker et al. 539). Our farm was destroyed from tanks constantly roling over it and all profit was lost. This invasion was the first of Germany's newest military strategy, the //blitzkrieg// (Danzer et al. 539). Everything near and dear to my family was gone forever. My brother Peter, our crops and business and even our dog Strudel. No benefits came from this, and it's all Hitler's FAULT!

__Works Cited:__

Danzer, Gerald A., J. Jorge Kolr de Alva, Larry S. Krieger, Louis E. Wilson, and Nancy Wolosch. The Americans. 1st ed. Evanston,Illinois: McDougal Littel, 2003.

Pipes, Jason. "Feldgrau:: The Airforce 1935-1945." (1996) 1. October 23, 2007. 

Simkin, John. "Luftwaffe: Nazi Germany." Spartacus Education 1. October 23, 2007. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERluftwaffe.htm.>