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Here is your chance to own a great photo group of a Luftwaffe funeral service. Sandy environment with palm trees so almost certainly in the tropical Italian or African theater. Photo album residue on the reverse of all 5. Overall a nice group of well shot photos! Click HERE to view more images of this item! With the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Versailles   Treaty, the Luftwaffe’s existence was publicly acknowledged on 26   February 1935, just over two weeks before open defiance of the   Versailles Treaty through German re-armament and conscription would be   announced on 16 March. The Condor Legion, a Luftwaffe detachment sent to aid Nationalist forces in the Spanish Civil War,   provided the force with a valuable testing ground for new tactics and   aircraft. Partially as a result of this combat experience, the Luftwaffe had become one of the most sophisticated, technologically advanced, and   battle-experienced air forces in the world when World War II broke out   in 1939. The Luftwaffe also operated Fallschirmjäger paratrooper units.The Luftwaffe proved instrumental in the German victories across Poland and Western   Europe in 1939 and 1940. During the Battle of Britain, however, despite   inflicting severe damage to the RAF’s infrastructure and, during the   subsequent Blitz, devastating many British cities, the German air force   failed to batter the beleaguered British into submission. From 1942,   Allied bombing campaigns gradually destroyed the Luftwaffe ‘s fighter arm. From late 1942, the Luftwaffe used its surplus ground, support and other personnel to raise Luftwaffe Field Divisions. In addition to its service in the West, the Luftwaffe operated over the Soviet Union, North Africa and Southern Europe.   Despite its belated use of advanced turbojet and rocket propelled   aircraft for the destruction of Allied bombers, the Luftwaffe was overwhelmed by the Allies’ superior numbers and improved tactics,   and a lack of trained pilots and aviation fuel. In January 1945, during   the closing stages of the Battle of the Bulge, the Luftwaffe made a last-ditch effort to win air superiority, and met with failure.   With rapidly dwindling supplies of petroleum, oil, and lubricants after   this campaign, and as part of the entire combined Wehrmacht military   forces as a whole, the Luftwaffe ceased to be an effective fighting force. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!