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This paper, via a detailed investigation of the lives and careers of scientists Dr Hans Hartmann, Dr Ulrich Cameron Luft, and Dr Bruno Balke, explores the relationship between high-altitude physiology research conducted on several 1930s German Himalaya expeditions and the efforts of the (National Socialist) German Luftwaffe at achieving high-altitude flight.
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