Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Luftwaffe" yakabvumikisa kuva inokosha mukukunda kweGermany muPoland neWestern Europe muna 1939 na 1940. Zvisinei, mukati meHondo yeBritain, pasinei zvapo nokukuvadza kwakakomba zvivako zveRAF uye, mukati meBlitz yakatevera, kuparadza maguta mazhinji eBritain, uto remhepo reGermany rakakundikana kurova vaBritain vakanga vakombwa kuti vazviise pasi. Kuvambira muna 1942, nhimbe dzokubhomba dzeAllied dzakaparadza zvishoma nezvishoma ruoko rwehondo rwe"Luftwaffe". Kubva mukupera kwa1942, "Luftwaffe" yakashandisa rutsigiro rwayo rwekunze uye vamwe vashandi kusimudza "Luftwaffe" Field Divisions. Mukuwedzera kubasa rayo mu
Kumadokero, "Luftwaffe" yakabata Soviet Union, North Africa uye Southern Europe. Pasinei nokushandiswa kwaro kwakanga kwava kunonoka kwezvikepe zve turbojet uye zvikepe zvinotyairwa nemaroketi kuti zviparadze mabhomba eAllied, "Luftwaffe" yakakurirwa nehuwandu hweAllies uye maitiro akavandudzwa, uye kushayikwa kwevatyairi vakadzidziswa uye mafuta ekufambisa ndege. Muna January 1945, panguva yokuguma kweHondo yeArdennes, "Luftwaffe" yakaita nhamburiko yokupedzisira kuti ikunde kukwirira kwemhepo, uye yakasangana nokukundikana. Nokuderera kwakakurumidza kwezvinhu zvepetroleum, mafuta, uye zvinonhuwira mushure mekurwisa uku, uye sechikamu chemauto ose akabatanidzwa "Wehrmacht" akazara, "Luftwaffe" yakarega kuva simba rinorwisa.