The Aces' War

Name: The Aces' War
Released: 2018-11-10
Rating: 8
Cast: Fabian Wolfrom, Antoine Ferey, Jérémie Duvall, Thomas Debaene, Thomas Ancora

8.0

November 10, 2018

1 Season • 2 Episodes

Ended

Documentary Drama War & Politics

Overview

One month after the outbreak of World War I, Paris is bombarded by German airplanes. Parisians witness a whole new type of warfare. Five pilots from France, Germany, and Britain take us into the world of the greatest "flying aces" of the First World War.

Created By

Marc Eisenschteter, Fabrice Hourlier

Cast

Fabian Wolfrom

Ernst Udet

Antoine Ferey

René Fonck

Jérémie Duvall

Georges Guynemer

Thomas Debaene

Manfred von Richthofen

Thomas Ancora

Edward 'Mick' Mannock

Episodes

1. 1914-1916

November 10, 2018 • 52m

The popular stars of the time go by names such as Richthofen, Guynemer, Fonck, Udet, and Mannock. These flying aces are shaping the course of the First World War. Planes are getting better and kill counts are going up. But fame and success are starting to wear on these pilots. With strategies still not coordinated, they draw resentment from foot soldiers who are dying by the thousands each day.

2. 1917-1918

November 10, 2018 • 52m

World War I is the mark of a major new innovation in warfare: airplanes capable of high speed raids, bombing and shooting from the air, spying, and backing up ground troops. But the planes of that era were flown with little in the way of instrumentation. Brave and daring men flew them, often to the point of recklessness. This episode introduces us to the great flying aces of World War I.

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