Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Luftwaffe" ya tabbatar da cewa yana da mahimmanci a cikin nasarar Jamus a Poland da Yammacin Turai a 1939 da 1940. Duk da haka, a lokacin yakin Birtaniya, duk da mummunar lalacewar da aka yi wa RAF da kuma, a lokacin da aka yi wa Blitz, ya hallaka biranen Birtaniya da yawa, sojojin Jamus ba su iya rinjayar Birtaniya ba. Daga shekarar 1942, yakin bama-bamai na Allied a hankali ya lalata "Luftwaffe's fighter arm". Daga ƙarshen 1942, "Luftwaffe" ya yi amfani da ƙarin tallafin ƙasa da sauran ma'aikata don haɓaka "Luftwaffe" Field Divisions. Baya ga hidimarsa a Yamma
, "Luftwaffe" ya yi aiki a kan Soviet Union, Arewacin Afirka da Kudancin Turai. Duk da amfani da shi na turbojet da jiragen sama na rokoki don halakar 'yan bindigar Allied, "Luftwaffe" ya shawo kan Allies' mafi yawan lambobi da kuma ingantaccen dabarun, da kuma rashin horar da matukan jirgi da man fetur. A watan Janairun 1945, a lokacin da ake rufewa na yakin Bulge, "Luftwaffe" ya yi ƙoƙari na ƙarshe don samun nasara a cikin iska, kuma ya gamu da rashin nasara. Tare da raguwar wadataccen man fetur, mai, da man shafawa bayan wannan yaƙin, kuma a matsayin wani ɓangare na dukkanin haɗin "Wehrmacht" sojojin soja gaba ɗaya, "Luftwaffe" ya daina zama ingantaccen ƙarfin yaƙi.