The Luftwaffe, created almost from scratch, became the most effective air force of the Second World War, and enormous flying experience, developed initiative, and brilliant training made German aces (or, more correctly, experts) the best pilots in the world. But in 1943 a turning point occurred, and the best aces of the best could not correct the situation. And here is the result: despite the fact that the German pilots had all imaginable and inconceivable records, the Luftwaffe suffered a crushing defeat. Air supremacy passed to Allied aviation - after which the military collapse of the Third Reich was already inevitable. Everything about the history of the Luftwaffe - about headquarters and aces, squadrons and anti-aircraft units, fighter, bomber and attack aircraft - in the encyclopedia "Luftwaffe. Air Force of the Third Reich."