Introduction

World War II raged across the globe on virtually every continent, across the seven seas and in the air.

For the 9-part 1997 documentary Warbirds of World War II look here.

Outline

Follow the air forces of the Allies and Axis as they fought plane to plane with fighters and the bomber forces that devastated cities throughout Europe, Russia, North Africa, islands in the Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Japanese Home Islands.

Tens of thousands of warplanes perished on both sides as did tens of thousands of air crews between 1939 and the end of the war with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

Warbirds of World War II Series

• The Luftwaffe:
  • Episode 01: Out of the Ashes.
  • Episode 02: The Great Air War.
• Imperial Japanese Air Forces:
  • Episode 03: Rising Sun.
  • Episode 04: Falling Blossoms.
• Voenno-Vozdushnya Sily:
  • Episode 05: Against All Odds.
  • Episode 06: Red Star Rising.
• Royal Air Force:
  • Episode 07: Never So Few.
  • Episode 08: The Bomber War.
• US Army & Navy Air Forces:
  • Episode 09: Hit Them Hard.
  • Episode 10: By Land & Sea.

Production & Filming Details

• Production: Valorous TV.
• Distributor(s): Valorous TV.
• Release Date: 2008.
• Running Time: 10 x 60 minutes (600 minutes total running time).
• Country: US.
• Language: English.