MA Thesis

 

This was completed at the Department of History, University of Lancaster, UK

All primary source research was conducted at the Public Record Office, the National Archives, Kew, London.

 

All documents quoted retain Crown Copyright

 

Cover Sheet, Abbreviations, Contents, Appendices, Acknowledgments

Abstract

Chapter 1: Methodological Problems

Chapter 2: Historical Introduction

Chapter 3: Intelligence concerning the expansion of the Luftwaffe, 1933-1936

Chapter 4: Intelligence concerning the expansion of the Luftwaffe, 1936-1939

Chapter 5: Intelligence concerning the strategic orientation of the Luftwaffe, 1933-1939

Chapter 6: The ‘Actual’ Expansion of the Luftwaffe, 1933-1939

Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix E - Chart 1- Estimated Output of German Aircraft Industry 1933-1939

Appendix E - Chart 2 - Estimated Employment of the German Aircraft Industry 1934-1939

Appendix E - Sources, and Secret Service Funding 1933-1939