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This video is part of a six-tape documentary displaying 50 years of military aviation, from the combat of World War II to modern development and deployment of the stealth aircraft. Watch the magnificent fighters engage in brutal and deadly combat in order to control the skies over Europe. Examine the planes that participated in World War II: Stuka dive-bombers, Spitfires, Messerschmitts, Mustangs, and Focke-Wulfs. Learn how the German engineers developed fierce fighter jets, how they were deployed in the Battle of Britain, and how German defenses were engaged against devastating Allied bomber raids pounding their cities and industries. This documentary uses extensive archival footage from the multiple air campaigns in the European theater during WWII.