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S e c t i on 2 - O rg an i zat i on of t he Luf t waf f e Gener a l St af f .
1 .
Fundame nt a l l , y ,
t he org an i zat i ona l s t ruct ur e of t he Lu f t waf f e Gener a l
St af f wa s de t ermined by i t s mi as i on . 9 and by i t s s t at us a s t he i ns tr ument of c om-
mand ut i l i ze d by t he c ammander in c hi ef of a i'e hrmac ht br anc h .
f r a . me ror k ,
Gi t hi n t hi s g i v en
t he L uf t wa f f e Ge ne r a l St af f de ve l ope d out of t he Ai r Command Of f i c e
i n accor dance wi t h t h e number and qua . l i t y of per so nne l ava i l abl e ,
t he ex per i ence
it gathered as it went along , and the needs imposed by Germany ' s po litical po-
a i t i oa , whi c h g r ew mor e cr i t i ca l e ac h y ear .
It i s obv i ous , of c our ae ,
t hat t he
per s ona l v i eRS of t he var i ous Gener a l St af f c h i ef s in conne c t i on wi t h or g an i zat i on
and as s ig nment ot' dut i e s a l s o e xer c i e d a cer t a i n i nf l uence on i t s deve l opment .
Thus
t he vas i ous organ i z a t i onal c hang e s ,
t he as s umpt i on of new mi s s i ons , and t he
r e j e ct i on of c e r t a i n mi s s i ons hi t her t o car r i e d out a l l re f l e c t not onl r y t he over -
a l l pol i t i c a l and mi l i t ary s i t ua t i on , but a l s o ( t o a cer t a i n ext ent at l ea s t ) t he
pe r annal at t i t ude s and appr oac he s of t he i ndi v i dua l Ge ner a l St af f c hi ef s .
t hi s s t andpo int ,
t he deve l o nent of t he Gene r a l St a f f can be di v i ded i nt o t hr ee
s e par a t e per i ods , name l , y i t s deve l o ent under t he f ol l owing :
a . Y ever and K e s s e l r ir
b .
c .
St umpf f
Jes c honne k
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