All military aviation organizations within or under the control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Aviation_(Nazi_Germany)" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ministry of Aviation (Nazi Germany)">RLM</a> of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner to form its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht" id="mwxw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> military's air arm, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe#Origins" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>.