Luftwaffe at War DVD

This extra length DVD provides the definitive film history of the Luftwaffe from its secret origins to the end of the Second World War. Packed with original film footage, including much rare and previously unavailable material, Luftwaffe At War offers a detailed account of the Luftwaffe in action from Europe to the Eastern Front, and from the Western Desert to the Atlantic. All the main aircraft types are featured, along with full coverage of advanced jet and rocket planes and the fearsome V-Weapons. With its pilots trained in secrecy and its bombers and transports... disguised as civilian airliners, Nazi Germany was able to build up a truly formidable air force that shocked the world when it was finally unleashed. The Luftwaffe played a vital role in the Blitzkrieg war of 1939 and 1940 and the invasion of Norway and seemed invincible in the air until it met the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the RAF in the skies over Southern England in 1940... The Blitzkrieg over, the Luftwaffe demonstrated its versatility in a variety of others roles, whether delivering paratroopers during the invasions of Crete and Greece, attacking Allied convoys in the Mediterranean or supporting U-Boats in the Atlantic until it faced its next major challenge the invasion of Russia. The Luftwaffe initially ruled the skies over the Eastern Front but as the campaign progressed the fight became more even. During the Battle of Kursk alone, the Luftwaffe would lose 1,000 aircraft losses it could hardly afford.... Instead, rocket bombs the new V-weapons were rained down upon Britain in an attempt to turn the tide. But with the Americans and British sweeping in from the West and the Soviets advancing from the East upon a Germany in ruins, it would be up to the Luftwaffe to fight a desperate rearguard action with whatever it could muster.... [show more]

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