Talk:Luftwaffe/Archive 2

Disambiguation, Clarification
1. There has been much discussion as to the naming and disambiguation of both this page and "German Air Force". Whilst I agree with the naming conventions used in each article, based on the typical usage of english speakers. The naming of the article leaves the impression that the Luftwaffe was a term exclusively used by Nazi germany which is not accurate. The article should be renamed to "Luftwaffe (1933-1946).

The article for the German Army of WW2 has the dates written within the name, I do not see why that would not be appropriate here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht) German Army (1935–1945)

2. The first sentence of the article leaves the same impression, aside from a note which explains the intricacies of the naming convention, but It should not be necessary for someone to mouse over the note, or finish reading the article to come away with the knowledge that the Luftwaffe does not only refer to Nazi Germany. I say this because this information could be easily written into the article or added as a additional header. (It was mentioned by someone that this lack of outward clarification is insulting to German Pilots that served in the Luftwaffe after WW2.)

Not be confused with the current Air Force of Germany also known as "Luftwaffe"

(For Reference) The Luftwaffe[N 2] (German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə](

listen)) was the aerial-warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

[N 2] "Luftwaffe is also the generic term in German-speaking countries for any national military aviation service, and the names of air forces in other countries are usually translated into German as "Luftwaffe"

3. The translation should be listed along side the pronunciation as it is on the German Air Force page, instead of just the pronounciation

(German: Luftwaffe, lit.'air weapon or air arm', German pronunciation: [ˈlʊftvafə](

listen)) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Williamep4 (talk • contribs) 08:28, 3 March 2022 (UTC)


 * I agree wholeheartedly after having typed in "Luftwaffe" expecting the modern German air force and being brought to the Nazi-era air force. —General534 (talk) 04:23, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Unreliable sources
Note that a number of unreliable sources are listed at WikiProject_Aviation/Resources. Please do not cite these sources in articles like this one. &mdash; Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 12:28, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

Confusion with Lufthansa
Hello,

I was just wondering, in my country, a common nick name for the airline "Lufthansa" is Luftwaffe, should there be a link to thte Lufthansa page on the disambiguation page? 87.94.128.62 (talk) 19:31, 3 March 2023 (UTC)