Andris Kursietis has been a researcher of military history for fifty years, using resources that span the globe. His latest book, “The Luftwaffe and its Leadership, 1935 – 1945” provides listings of the commanders of the main staff and field commands of the Luftwaffe from 1935, when the heretofore cloaked Luftwaffe was formally announced, until its destruction at the end of World War II in 1945.