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Re: Luftwaffe personnel and Nazi-party membership
Hi Guys,
My understanding has been that forces created by the Nazis themselves tended to have younger age profiles and correspondingly higher Party membership. This includes the Luftwaffe. Given that many (perhaps most?) new pilots came to the Luftwaffe via the NSFK, this need not be surprising. Both Luftwaffe and Italian paratroops reportedly had unusually high representations from the Nazi and Fascist youth movements. This seems to have been a general phenomenon. Armed services inherited from previous regimes seem to have been less penetrated by party members.
Cheers,
Sid.
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