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The Aces' War
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.
Status
Ended
Created By
Marc Eisenschteter, Fabrice Hourlier
Network
ARTE
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes
1914-1916
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.
1917-1918
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.
Top Cast
Fabian Wolfrom
Ernst Udet
Antoine Ferey
René Fonck
Jérémie Duvall
Georges Guynemer
Thomas Debaene
Manfred von Richthofen
Thomas Ancora
Edward 'Mick' Mannock
