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Welcome to the
European Air War
Timeline!
This timeline covers all air combat between the Western Allies and Axis air forces throughout Europe between the years 1939 and 1945.
"My Luftwaffe is invincible...And so now we turn to England. How long will this one last - two, three weeks?"
Hermann Goring
June 1940
Air Marshal
Arthur
Harris
General Leutnant
Adolf
Galland
German JU-87B Stuka
In 1940, the Junkers JU-87B Stuka was the Luftwaffe's most important tactical attack aircraft.