Missions That Changed the War (2011)
Germany's Last Ace
Examining the U.S. mission to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during WWII.
Released March 16, 2011
Episode 60 min
2+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: imdb.aerial-combat, imdb.world-war-two
Network: Military Channel
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Germany's Last Ace, Part 1
Gunther Rall was one of the highest-scoring fighter aces in Germany. Hub Zemke was the commander of the 56th Fighter Group, the deadliest fighter outfit in the Eighth Air Force.
March 15, 2011, midnight
S1E2 - Germany's Last Ace, Part 2
June 1940: Germany launches its fateful invasion of the Soviet Union. Interviews with Luftwaffe fighter pilot and commander Gunther Rall - seen for the first time anywhere - reveal the savagery, folly, and betrayal of Hitler's failed conquest of the East.
March 22, 2011, midnight
S1E3 - Germany's Last Ace, Part 3
The War in the West: The doctrine of strategic bombing, developed before the war, is tested by the American Eighth Air Force and British Royal Air Force. Through exclusive interviews, Robert "Shorty" Rankin and others profile Hub Zemke's "Wolf Pack."
March 29, 2011, midnight
S1E4 - Germany's Last Ace, Part 4
Nazi Armaments Minister Albert Speer will later call it the day that Germany lost the war. May 12, 1944 brings a fateful encounter between Zemke, Rall, and Rankin, revealed in exclusive first-hand interviews.
April 5, 2011, midnight
Network: Military Channel
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: March 16, 2011
Last Air Date: Jan. 29, 2012, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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