Bombers and Bombing Raids in 3942

The German Luftwaffe entered the Second World War with the worlds most effective bomber force built around the Heinkel He111 and Dornier D017 medium bombers and the new Junkers Ju88 Schnellbomber From its outset the new Luftwaffe was planned as a tactical instrument designed to provide air support to the army in what was assumed would be a short war In this programme which covers combat operations from North Africa through to Northern Norway and the Atlantic approaches to the Battle of Stalingrad the role of the Luftwaffes bombing in the period of Germanys military expansion between 1939 and 1942 is told employing dramatic and graphic footage