Thread: Help with (purpose of the luftkriegsackademie at Gatow, RH)
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Old 13th April 2005, 10:45
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Re: Help with (purpose of the luftkriegsackademie at Gatow, RH)
You've guessed right it is basically a school for higher military education, especially general staff work. Call it a military university. if you are interested in the general topic you might take a look at:

The Luftwaffe
Creating the Operational Air War, 1918-1940
James S. Corum
Univ. Press of Kansas, 1997
ISBN 0-7006-0836-2

Also of interest on the topic of German General Staff traditions:

The History of the German General Staff 1657-1945
Walter Goerlitz
Praeger, 1962
ISBN n/a

and

A Genius for War
The German Army and the General Staff, 1807-1945
Trevor N. Dupuy
Prentice Hall, 1977
ISBN 0-13-351114-6

Note that these latter two titles have little to do with the Luftwaffe!
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