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Before joining the Luftwaffe, which military service was Homuth a part of?

Heer
Kriegsmarine
Reichsmarine
Schutzstaffel

Answer

The answer is the Reichsmarine, the German Navy during the Weimar Republic and the early years of Nazi Germany. Homuth served in the Reichsmarine from 1921 to 1934, before transferring to the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, where he rose to the rank of Generalleutnant.