Series
The Aces' War
DocumentaryDramaWar & Politics
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.
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Seasons & episodes
11914-191610 Nov 2018 · 52mThe 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.
21917-191810 Nov 2018 · 52mWorld 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.
Details
- Created by
- Marc Eisenschteter, Fabrice Hourlier
- First aired
- 10 Nov 2018
- Last aired
- 10 Nov 2018
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- French
- Network
- ARTE
- Episodes
- 2
- Votes
- 4 on TMDB
Cast
Fabian WolfromErnst Udet- AAntoine FereyRené Fonck
Jérémie DuvallGeorges Guynemer- TThomas DebaeneManfred von Richthofen
Thomas AncoraEdward 'Mick' Mannock
