World War II raged across the globe on virtually every continent, across the seven seas and in the air. 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 – The Luftwaffe – Episode 1: Out Of The Ashes
2008
The roots of the German Luftwaffe that flew in World War II had its genesis in World War I.
Warbirds Of World War II – The Luftwaffe – Episode 2: The Great Air War
2008
To invade England Germany needed mastery of the air and the English Channel.
Warbirds Of World War II – Imperial Japanese Air Forces – Episode 3: Rising Sun
2008
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Warbirds Of World War II – Imperial Japanese Air Forces – Episode 4: Falling Blossoms
2008
After Midway the Japanese Navy tried to regain the initiative by engaging the U.S. naval forces in the southern Solomon Islands supporting the Guadalcanal…
Warbirds Of World War II – Voenno-Vozdushnya Sily – Episode 5: Against All Odds
2008
The Soviet Air Force fought in the Spanish Civil War as did many Luftwaffe pilots as a prelude to what was to come.
Warbirds Of World War II – Voenno-Vozdushnya Sily – Episode 6: Red Star Rising
2008
While the MIG 3 was comparable to the German ME 109, the YAK 9 became the main fighter of the Soviet Air Forces and Russian industry was producing over…
Warbirds Of World War II – Royal Air Force – Episode 7: Never So Few
2008
At the outbreak of World War II the main plane in the Royal Navy air arm was the Swordfish biplane.
Warbirds Of World War II – Royal Air Force – Episode 8: The Bomber War
2008
The commander of the RAF Bomber Command was Arthur Harris who had first been a cavalryman in World War I and then became a pilot.
Warbirds Of World War II – U.S Army & Navy Air Forces – Episode 9: Hit Them Hard
2008
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor decimated the U.S. Navy surface fleet. On the same day, Japanese air forces also attacked American bases in the Philippines…
Warbirds Of World War II – U.S Army & Navy Air Forces – Episode 10: By Land & Sea
2008
The Dakota transport plane was an integral part of the air war against the Germany and the Axis powers in World War II.