The Aces' War

Part 1: 1914-1916 (1x1)

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Winter 1914. The Great War is bogged down in the trenches. For Marshal Joffre, "aviation is no longer just a reconnaissance tool. Its mission now is to destroy enemy aviation". Hundreds of young pilots prepare to defend their homeland and quench their thirst for adventure. But the beginnings are difficult everywhere: the German von Richthofen and the French Guynemer are first considered too weak to fly; Britain's Mannock is one-eyed and has to cheat on visual aptitude tests; the German Udet is so clumsy and scared that he misses his landings. The infernal battle of Verdun in 1916 transforms the hostilities. The control of the sky becomes essential. The aeronautical industry, earlier in its infancy, began to produce planes by the hundreds. "Ace of aces" against "Red Baron", Guynemer and von Richthofen become popular heroes by their victories.