Talk:Reichsluftschutzbund
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[edit]This article needs a rewrite based on the German WP. For instance, this article says that RLB was a small and unimportant organization. On the contrary: Im Jahre 1939 waren bereits 13,5 Millionen Mitglieder im RLB organisiert. In 1939 the RLB had 13.5 million organized members. 84.23.155.84 (talk) 13:23, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
This article is a perpetrated falsehood
[edit]"The group's first function was to serve as Air Defense Crews during a period when Germany was forbidden an Air Force by the Treaty of Versailles." "In 1935, the Reichluftschutzbund was placed under the authority of the Luftwaffe and performed mainly non-combat support roles such as ground crew training and search and rescue." WRONG: Its first function was to train every householder in the basics of air raid protection.
"The group remained relatively small and, as a paramiliary organization, was overshadowed heavily by the National Socialist Flyers Corps." WRONG: In 1939 the RLB had 13.5 million organized members.
"During World War II, the Reichluftschutzbund performed in air defense support manning anti-aircraft emplacements in Germany's major cities."WRONG: That was the job of: "Flakwehrmänner" and "Flakhelfer".
See this article for a condensed version of German civil defense during WWII: http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/air/eur/sbc/cd/cdg-cd.html