Luftwaffe Bombardment of Vorizia

Date: August 27, 1943 • Location: Zarós, Greece

World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the Luftstreitkräfte of the Imperial Army and the Marine-Fliegerabteilung of the Imperial Navy, had been disbanded in May 1920 in accordance with the terms of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, which banned Germany from having any air force.