Lipetsk WIWUPAL

In June of 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed which enacted many tough regulations on Germany, to restrict her from having any sort of military. This also hindered technological developments as well. This limited Germanies ability to produce aircraft, and control their airspace, but in 1922 and 1923, both of these clauses were dropped. There was still a ban on building any sort of military aircraft, but the Weimar military knew the importance of aircraft in warfare. Thanks to the Treaty of Rapallo, the Germans and Soviets were friends and offered to help the Germans establish a flight training facility, at Lipetsk.

While slow at first, the French occupation of the Ruhr, made the Germans act faster in developing an air force. The ordered 100 Fokkers, including 50 Fokker new model, the D. XIIIs, which were being manufactured in Holand. While these Dutch aircraft were good for training, the Germans needed ways to test and develop their own technologies as well. Junkers set up, a factory and testing facility, which would help Germany build the more modern craft of World War Two.

This flight school operated from 1926 to 1933, by the Germans. Germany also operated two other secret facilities hidden deep inside Soviet territories, including Kama tank school, and the Tomka chemical weapons research facility.