Germany. Luftwaffe

LC control no.	n 79079579
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Germany. Luftwaffe *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Germany. Air Force Germany. Bundesministerium der Verteidigung. Luftwaffe Germany. Ilmavoimat Germany. Liuftvaffe Germany. Reichsluftfahrtministerium. Luftwaffe
See also	Germany (West). Luftwaffe *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Hierarchical superior: Germany. Bundesministerium der Verteidigung *Browse this term in* LC Authorities Hierarchical superior: Germany. Reichsluftfahrtministerium *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Special note	Unused subdivision: Kriegswissenschaftliche Abt. Do not use Luftwaffe in a heading for air force units prior to 1933; use instead "Germany. Heer. Luftstreitkräfte" to cover the period 1910-1920. After the unification of Germany on Oct. 4, 1990, the qualifier "(West)" is no longer valid.
Found in	Tschoeltsch, E. Der Dienstunterricht in der Luftwaffe, 1937 (subj) Information, 1995: p. 9 (Führungsstab der Luftwaffe im Bundesministerium der Verteidigung) BRD Staatshandb., Teilausg. Bund, Ausg. 1994: p. 398 (under Bundesministerium der Verteidigung: Luftwaffe; three major divisions, each immediately under Bundesministerium der Verteidigung: Luftwaffenführungskommando; Luftwaffenlogistikkommando; Luftwaffenamt) Luftwaffe-kuvasto, 1998: t.p. (Saksan ilmavoimat; German Air Force) Wikipedia, 19 Sept. 2006: under Luftwaffe (the forerunner of the Luftwaffe was the Luftstreitkräfte, the Imperial German Army Air Service)