The Rise of the Luftwaffe 1918-1940

In the winter of 1918 Germany’s conquerors, guided by the incredibly naïve Treaty of Versailles, set about rendering the Reich forever incapable of waging war. The exiting German Air Service of nearly fifteen thousand planes was to be scrapped; the Treaty would ensure that no military aircraft would ever be built or flown in Germany again. But less than a generation later, Europe shook before the threat of Germany’s resurgent Luftwaffe, believed to be the most powerful air force then on earth.