luftwaffe

Hermann Göring, leader of the luftwaffe, nazi party and the most important ally of Hitler, later chosen as his successor. The man had some serious flaws, crippled the luftwaffe through a number of ways one of which was favoritism of Messerschmitt and so on. But what if Hermann wasn't in charge...

Hey there. So, I'm really fascinated by the Battle of France (including Low Countries) and trying to figure out how the Allies lost without some popular historical narrative to explain it. And from what I've read, it sounds like the biggest factor that allowed the Germans to edge out their...

Something i thought about it last night, i've always lurked here and seem those "improve x by y year" or "best possible equipment for x", but how about the worst? Since i basically know nothing on logistics or doctrine, let's focus on equipment. Axis or Allies Bonus if either one gets to fight...

This thread relates to the flexibility of the 'Dowding System' and what might have been had certain scenarios had occured. The System - Main Infrastructure The beating heart of the system was the Filter Room at Bentley Priory. Data came into the Filter Room, was analysed and rationalised and...

On November 8-9 1923 the Nazi party under Adolf Hitler attempted to seize Munich and were fired upon by police. During the short firefight 16 Nazis were killed and dozens wounded, including both Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering. Goering was shot in the groin and was smuggled by his wife to seek...

This is inspired by the long running alternate warships of nations thread and works fairly similar to that long running discussion. You can post your scenarios and alternate aircraft here, as well as post any basic questions regarding plausibility of certain scenarios, viability of aircraft...

During the Beer Hall Putsch, Hermann Goering suffered a bullet wound to his leg. The treatment he received caused him to become addicted to morphine, an addiction that would persist until the last year of his life. Many historians believe that his addiction adversely affected his performance...

Manfred von Richthofen, or most famously known as, the Red Baron, was German Aristocrat, who was a ace-pilot during WWI. He died during the war, pretty young (age 25), and didn’t see the future of Germany, and the failure of the Weimar Republic, and the Rise of Hitler and the Nazis. But what if...

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen ------------------ "War is not as the people at home imagine it, with a hurrah and a roar; it is very serious, very grim." "Where der Kaiser failed, Der Führer succeeded. Where our brothers fell in battle, our sons rose in triumph." "Every pilot...

Redux edition of this https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-1935-42-luftwaffe-sanity-options.433685/ POD: You are at Udet's funeral, 17th of November 1941. During the wake, Hitler comes to you and ask "My Luftwaffe has been destroyed but these treacherous Generals! You are my most...

Greetings everyone! I was inspired by this thread: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-me109z-as-a-replacement-for-the-bf110-in-1941.437103/ (Thank you @wiking @thaddeus ) What if post-1942, LW adopted Bf 109 Z not as a production airplane, but as an ersatz version? POD...

Good evening everybody! I am new here so, long time lurker and i would like to expand a commento by @marathag : What if Germany (protected better Tego film factory and) switched to wood ersatz aircraft? Would they be better, worse o equal than metal OTL ones? You have multiple choices and...

I’m going to start off this particular thread with a little bit of background and analysis, starting with an extract from ‘Why Sealion is Not an Option for Hitler to Win the War, by Alison Brooks.’ “If we turn our attention to point 3 for a while, the standard response is to say that the...

Before you all go running for the hills, screaming, please hear me out. We’ve heard, and said, countless times that Sealion as planned could never had succeeded. So... If you had the ear of Hitler, and he was predisposed to listen to what you had to say, how would you adjust the German war...

By the end of the first week of September 1940 RAF's Fighter Command was at it's lowest ebb. Fighter strength was typically at 550 ready aircraft for Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons with, by early September, just over 100 aircraft in reserve and 80 aircraft serving in training units. Roughly...

In a scenario where Britain decides to sue for peace in 1940 (let's say Dunkirk is a massive disaster for the British) and the USSR is defeated in TTL's Barbarossa and pushed behind the A-A line, what happens to the structure of the German Armed Forces? Does the Waffen-SS replace the Heer as the...

Nothing insane here, though diplomatically it might be a stretch. But what if Franz von Papen had negotiated the usage of Anatolian airbases by the Nazi Luftwaffe as an additional stipulation within the June 18, 1941 German-Turkish Non-Aggression Pact? (think U-Boats in Spanish ports) 1. What...

During World War II, there was a system of Allied reporting names for Japanese aircraft, such as "Zeke" for the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter and "Betty" for the Mitsubishi G4M bomber. The system generally used male "hillbilly" names for fighters, female names for bombers, plus tree and bird names...

In a scenario akin to the fine stories by @varyar where Britain sues for peace after a Dunkirk disaster (hey, it's alliterative), the Nazis defeat the USSR, pushing them behind the Urals, and end up in a Cold War with the Americans and friends, what would the military of a modern-day Nazi...

Of all the German bombers of WW2, I think that the most useful and cost-effective of them all was Junkers Ju-88. It served from 1939, although in very small numbers at the beginning of the war, all the way to the end of the conflict. It had numerous variants, and was used not just as a tactical...