Walther Wever

German officer and Chief of the Luftwaffe General Staff (1887-1936) · Germany · On the map · Died at 48

Walther Wever was a pre-World War II Luftwaffe Commander. He was an early proponent of the theory of strategic bombing as a means to wage war, while supporting the theories of Giulio Douhet. He died in an air crash in 1936.

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