Germany's Last Ace
4 episodes · 2011
1Germany'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.
2Germany'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.
3Germany'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."
4Germany's Last Ace, Part 4finale
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.