Tichifunga nezvemashoko ari pasi apa anotaura nezveLuftwaffe, ndiudzei kuti sangano iri rehondo rakanga riri kushanda muGermany kwemakore mangani?
Context:Luftwaffe raive bazi rehondo yemumhepo yeGerman Wehrmacht pamberi uye panguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Mauto eGermany air arms munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, Luftstreitkräfte yeImperial Army uye Marine-Fliegerabteilung yeImperial Navy, yakanga yaparara muna Chivabvu 1920 maererano nemitemo ye1919 Treaty yeVersailles iyo yairambidza Germany kuva neanenge aine mhepo.  Mukati menguva yepakati pehondo, vatyairi vendege veGermany vakarovedzwa muchivande mukuputsa chibvumirano paLipetsk Air Base muSoviet Union. Nekusimuka kwebato reNazi nekurambwa kwechibvumirano cheVersailles, kuvapo kweLuftwaffe kwakazivikanwa pachena musi wa 26 Kukadzi 1935, kwangosvika mavhiki maviri pamberi pekupokana pachena kwechibvumirano cheVersailles kuburikidza neGerman rearmament uye musangano waizziviswa musi wa 16 Kurume. Condor Legion, chikwata cheLuftwaffe chakatumirwa kunobatsira mauto echiNationalist muHondo yeVanhu veSpain, chakapa simba racho nzvimbo inokosha yokuedza nayo nzira itsva uye ndege. Pamwe nemhaka yechiitiko ichi chokurwa, Luftwaffe yakanga yava imwe yemauto emhepo akaomesesa, akafambira mberi mune zvokugadzira zvinhu, uye ane ruzivo rwokurwa munyika apo Hondo Yenyika II yakatanga muna September 1939. Pakazosvika zhizha ra1939, Luftwaffe yakanga yava neGeschwader (mapapiro) makumi maviri nemasere. Luftwaffe yakashandisawo mauto eparatrooper aizivikanwa seFallschirmjäger.  Luftwaffe yakaratidza kuva inokosha mukukunda kweGermany muPoland neWestern Europe muna 1939 na 1940. Zvisinei, mukati meHondo yeBritain, pasinei zvapo nokukuvadza kwakakomba zvivako zveRAF uye, mukati meBlitz yakatevera, kuparadza maguta mazhinji eBritain, uto remhepo reGermany rakakundikana kurova vaBritain vakanga vakombwa kuti vazviise pasi. Kubvira muna 1942, mabhomba eAllied akaparadza zvishoma nezvishoma nhengo dzeLuftwaffe dzehondo. Kubva mukupera kwa1942, Luftwaffe yakashandisa rutsigiro rwayo rwakawanda rwepasi uye vamwe vashandi kusimudza Luftwaffe Field Divisions. Mukuwedzera kubasa rayo kuMadokero, Luftwaffe yakashanda pamusoro peSoviet Union, North Africa neSouthern Europe. Pasinei nokushandiswa kwakanga kwava kunonoka kwendege dzemazuva ano dzine turbojet uye dzinotyairwa nemaroketi kuti dziparadze mabhomba evaAllies, Luftwaffe yakakurirwa nehuwandu hwevaAllies uye nzira dzakavandudzwa, uye kushayikwa kwevatyairi vakadzidziswa uye mafuta ekufambisa. Muna January 1945, panguva yokuguma kweHondo yeArdennes, Luftwaffe yakaedza zvakasimba kukunda mudenga, asi yakatadza. Nokuderera kwakakurumidza kwezvinhu zvepetroleum, mafuta, uye zvinonhuwira mushure mekurwisa uku, uye sechikamu chemauto ose akabatanidzwa Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe yakarega kuva simba rinorwisa.  Pashure pokukundwa kweGermany yeNazi, Luftwaffe yakaparadzwa muna 1946. MuHondo Yenyika II, vatyairi vendege vokuGermany vakahwina ndege dzinenge 70 000, nepo ndege dzeLuftwaffe dzinopfuura 75 000 dzakaparadzwa kana kuti dzakakanganiswa zvikuru. Pazviuru izvi, zvinenge 40 000 zvakarasika zvachose. Luftwaffe yakanga ine vatungamiri vakuru vaviri chete munhoroondo yayo yose: Hermann Göring uye gare gare Generalfeldmarschall Robert Ritter von Greim kwemavhiki maviri okupedzisira ehondo.
Luftwaffe yave ichishanda zviri pamutemo kwemakore anenge 11 - kubvira muna 1935 kusvika muna 1946.