Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant", Arado 232 "Millipede" And Advanced German WW2 Transport Aircraft
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The Amazing German transport planes of WW2 such as the Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant and the Arado Ar 232 Millipede. The Me 323, also known as the Gigant, was a six-engine transport plane that was one of the largest aircraft of its time. However, despite its impressive size, the Me 323 proved to be vulnerable to attack and many were lost in combat. The Arado Ar 232, on the other hand, was a twin-engine transport plane that was designed to operate from rough, unprepared fields. However, like the other transport planes used by Germany, the Ar 232 also suffered heavy losses during the war.
Overall, the transport planes of Germany played a crucial role in the war effort but the heavy losses sustained by these aircraft greatly hindered their effectiveness. Despite their advanced designs, many of these planes proved to be no match for the superior technology and tactics of the Allied forces.
During World War II, Germany utilized a variety of transport planes to move troops and supplies across Europe. However, many of these planes were lost during the war due to intense combat and strategic bombing campaigns by Allied forces.
One of the most widely used transport planes by Germany during the war was the Junkers Ju 52. This aircraft was known for its versatility and was used for a variety of roles including transport, reconnaissance, and even as a bomber. However, many Ju 52s were lost during the war due to heavy anti-aircraft fire and attacks by fighter planes.
Another transport plane used by Germany during the war was the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor. This aircraft was primarily used as a long-range transport and was also used for reconnaissance and anti-shipping operations. However, many Fw 200s were lost to Allied fighters and naval vessels.
The German military also utilized several other transport planes during the war such as the Heinkel He 111 and the Dornier Do 17, but these aircraft also suffered heavy losses.
The Arado Ar 232 Tausendfüßler "Millipede", sometimes also called Tatzelwurm, was a cargo aircraft, designed and built in small numbers by the German firm Arado Flugzeugwerke during World War II. The design introduced, or brought together, almost all of the features now considered to be standard in modern cargo transport aircraft designs, including a box-like fuselage slung beneath a high wing; a rear loading ramp (that had first appeared on the December 1939-flown Junkers Ju 90 V5 fifth prototype four-engined transport via its Trapoklappe); a high-mounted twin tail for easy access to the hold; and various features for operating from rough fields. Although the Luftwaffe was interested in replacing or supplementing its fleet of outdated Junkers Ju 52/3m transports, it had an abundance of types in production at the time, and did not purchase large numbers of the Ar 232.
The Me 323 was the result of a 1940 German requirement for a large assault glider in preparation for Operation Sea Lion, the projected invasion of Great Britain. The DFS 230 light glider had already proven its worth in the Battle of Fort Eben-Emael in Belgium (the first ever assault by gliderborne troops), and would later be used successfully in the invasion of Crete in 1941.
However, in order to mount an invasion across the English Channel, the Germans would need to be able to airlift vehicles and other heavy equipment as part of an initial assault wave. Although Operation Sea Lion was cancelled, the requirement for a heavy air transport capability still existed, with the focus shifting to the forthcoming Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
On 18 October 1940, Junkers and Messerschmitt were given just 14 days to submit a proposal for a large transport glider. The emphasis was still very much on the assault role; the ambitious requirement was to be able to carry either an 88 mm gun and its half-track tractor, or a Panzer IV medium tank. The Junkers Ju 322 Mammut reached prototype form, but was eventually scrapped due to difficulties in procuring the necessary high-grade timber for its all-wood construction, and as was discovered during the Mammut's only test flight, an unacceptably high degree of instability inherent in the design.
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@user6008
Жыл бұрын
So incredible in that the Luftwaffe could never settle on a long range bomber, capable of reaching Soviet war factories far beyond the Ural mountains. Yet they had all these aircraft in their inventory which were desperately needed before the Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union. leading to the inevitable conclusion, Hitler's militarily incompetence remains unmatched in modern war history.
@osmariobrito7776
Жыл бұрын
MINUTO 5:17 Esta aeronave se parece com um constellation. Qual dos dois aviões foram inaugurados primeiro?
@osmariobrito7776
Жыл бұрын
MINUTO 14:53 A parte frontal deste avião, parece a parte frontal do handley page victor xm-714 ou do boeing b-29.
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great short video
Thank you all for this engaging look at some of the interesting workhorses of aviation.
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Second front was in 1943 in Italy. 1944 Normwndy was front 3
風の谷のナウシカで似たようなやつ出てくる。
watch pulqui 1 and pulqui 2
Fascinating video. I had never heard of the BV 238. Great stuff!
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks Enzio! Glad you liked it
Great video! History seems to focus on the German fighters and bombers, but almost never on the heavy lift aircraft.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
True that Mike!
@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
5 ай бұрын
Glamour
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Most of the planes i have never seen before. Thanks too the uploader !
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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MARAVILHA DE VÍDEO. THANK YOU.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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Thank you! There are quite a few aircraft in this video that I've never heard of before.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it and that it added to your knowledge of aircraft Andre. Some of these videos are reconstructed with 3D models because little or no video and photos can be found
I like the low speed flying from this planes. Looks more smooth than today.
Schlechte Übersetzung, sonst sehr Lehrreich ,Danke!
bitte übersetzen. die unterttitel sind grausam.
Eric Brown is the man. When he's in a documentary you know it's gonna be good 👍🏻
@markfryer9880
Жыл бұрын
He certainly lead a charmed life, surviving the sinking of his Aircraft Carrier and then becoming a Test Pilot when the attrition rate was 25% per year.
@jdmmike7225
Жыл бұрын
@@markfryer9880 I love listening to him talk about one of my favorite aircraft, the English Electric Lightning. Plus his knowledge of WW2 & post WW2 aircraft is amazing. Pretty sure I've seen him in at least 10 different aircraft or air combat documentarys.
@Boric78
Жыл бұрын
Knowledgable, skilled and above all brave. When he says something is "a very dicey operation, indeed" (about the 323 take off), he actually means suicidal.
@jdmmike7225
Жыл бұрын
@@Boric78 Brown was one of the first guys I heard say "Bravery is being scared out of your wits and still being able to do your job and do it well." That always stuck with me.
@frenzalrhomb6919
Жыл бұрын
I've spotted this old gentleman, speaking knowledgeably about many, many a famous Aircraft, on dozens of occasions. Always a pleasure!!
4:13 "Guys, I'll be outside having a smoke !" 😁
C-82 Packet, C-119 flying boxcar and Nord 2501 Noratlas are the evolution of the Arado 232
I like ww2 planes
What an excellent video, thank you, 👍👊✌️🌍.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Very welcome ❤🙏
Thx for this very interesting info about German transport aeroplanes!
Currently, the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada, in Winnipeg, houses the only extant example of a single-engine Junkers Ju-52 (Registration CF-ARM). The first six "Iron Annies" were built with a single BMW engine. In 1931, after acquiring one of these early single-engine Ju-52s, Canadian Airways Ltd. swapped this out with an 850-hp Rolls-Royce Buzzard. This aircraft came to be known in Canada as "The Flying Boxcar". The aircraft at the RAMWC is a replica, built in 1985, though Transport Canada certified it as airworthy, and it did make one flight.
Salute!
that plane reminds me on World of Tanks Blitz
Немцы гении авиапромышленности! Молодцы все их разработки опережали своё время !!!!
Might be useful if you had complete control of the air battlespace. If not it becomes another Ju-52/Ju-87 etc., i.e. a flying target.
Excellent footage..
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jon!
I enjoyed this, subbed
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Welcome aboard and thank you Steve!
Excellent doc, very well done. And with E. Brown on top of that ! Thanks a lot. PS: never heard of the Ar 232 before, you got me interested
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Loic
This was an excellent survey of Luftwaffe transport types - thank you! Regarding losses, I don't think there was a transport of substantial size in any air force which could defend itself from fighter attack. The October 1943 Schweinfurt-Regensburg raids proved that even the legendary B-17 'Flying Fortress' bristling with guns was subject to unsustainable losses from defending fighters without a long range fighter escort. One can only imagine how vulnerable Me-232 or BV-222 transports would have been without fighter protection. As always this shows how ingenious the German aeronautical engineers were. The Ju-52 which first flew in 1930 was a direct descendant from the Junkers J-3 of 1915 - which I believe was the first metal aircraft to see service. 'Tante-Ju' was the end of the line of the corrugated duralumin skin construction paradigm Hugo Junkers had pioneered in his invention of the metal aeroplane. It was very strong and needed less (or no) longerons than the later, smooth monocoque construction seen in the Douglas DC-3/C-47, but it was clearly very 'dirty' aerodynamically. Consequently the Ju-52, while slow and vulnerable, was also pretty tough and reliable. Remember too that the Ju-90 was developed from the Ju-89 that Gen. Walter Wever had called for in the mid 1930s as a long range strategic bomber that could deliver a significant bomb load over the Urals. It and the Do-19 were both cancelled under Goering's direction in order to produce more twin engine bombers, leaving Germany without a strategic bomber, which didn't seem terribly important to the top leadership as they saw the Luftwaffe more in tactical terms anyway (which also led to the He-177 fiasco). When the Battle of the Atlantic broke out, the Focke-Wulf 200 airliner hurriedly adapted into a long range convoy raider, a task for which it had not been designed and after some initial success had to be withdrawn. One can only wonder how the Ju-90 and Focke-Wulf 200 would have fared in long range passenger service had the war not happened. A great video, thanks. The one respectful suggestion I would make is to try and maintain the original film aspect ration when dealing with historic footage - some of these shots look laterally stretched from 1:1.37 to 1:1.78. This is a common problem with archival footage on YT.
@williamzk9083
Жыл бұрын
The Ju 52 3m was the Luftwaffe's main transport aircraft unfortunately it was so inadequate it ensured Germany would loose the war. There were other factors of course but Germany could not win with this aircraft. -While the Ju 52 3m carried the same 2 tons of cargo as the DC-3/C-47 the C-47 was 60% faster and flew 100% further for only 33% more fuel. The short range of the Ju 52 meant the Germans had to stage their cargo loading airfields much closer (during the Stalingrad encirclement these were over run by Soviet Tanks) , the lack of speed meant less trips per day, the lack of fuel economy meant they needed much more fuel. The lack of speed also meant they were easier to intercept. The Ju 52 also had less volume. It had no advantages in takeoff length. -It's not that the Germans couldn't design and build a better aircraft, the Ju 252, Ar 234 for instance but they couldn't mass produce it or chose not too. -There is no way the Ju 52 could supply Stalingrad or Rommel's force in North Africa at the same time (In both cases Armies of 130,000 men were lost). -Ju 252 could have done the job, Fw 200 if they hadn't been used as Maritime Reconnaissance Bomber might have been better.
If you reviewed 2WW , this type even flew to Russia for enforce German fighting in Russia even besieged , front covered with cloth , transporting that sequence with tank and oil
Really good video, much better than what we get on the so-called Discovery Channel.
Great footage. Also the fabricated. Very honest and realistic
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Rune!
Great vid! It begs for a vid on the Arado and "Aunty" in RAF service...
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Apparently, there's a scuttled BV-222 in a Norwegian fjord just waiting to be brought up!
"time Marshall Ford" ! at 1:34 is the name given to the Tri-motor Ford (Ford Tri-motor) in the english texting ! So much for current AI-texting. I flew one of those over Grand Canyon over four decades ago. Very noisy but great views. Wonder how long they were used there? Was the first commercial passenger aircraft I believe, from the 20s, had also corrugated iron on the body as I remember.
Great footage 👍
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for watching Mastathrash 🙏
Eric Brown... what a legend!
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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Good video that reviews aircraft that don't get much coverage elsewhere. i'm tired of YT videos about how great the me109, etc. were. Tri motor heavy bombers, 6 engine gliders, good stuff!
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
Fantastic video. Just a FYI, it mentions the Ju-52 use in Italy at 1min 27 seconds. The image shown is actually a SM.79. A fully original Italian design. Similarities being a Tri-Motor set up.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
You are right, it should have been this one: kzread.infoUgkxB41QHDgQbeYdZxHB5b43hsb2uFB5Zm_d
@lancerevell5979
Жыл бұрын
SM-79 was also a very versatile and successful aircraft. Transport, bomber and torpedo-bomber.
I am also a great friend of historic aircraft, in 2015 I had the opportunity to fly with a Ju52, it was the former "Ironie Annie", now the "Tempelhof"of the German Lufthansa. Now this aircraft is unfortunately out of service. My father was rescued by a Ju52 out of the Stalingrad pocket under heavy flak fire together with other wounded soldiers end of 1942. Thats part of our history, great video. Greetings from Austria.
@fload46d
Жыл бұрын
Grus Gott! Mein Grosvater stampt aus Innsbruck.
@frostyfrost4094
Жыл бұрын
Ich bin vor Jahrzehnten auch in Duxford mit LH ju52 geflogen
@johannbauer4147
Жыл бұрын
@@fload46d oh, wonderful to meet you on this platform. Ich freue mich über deine Worte. We have the same roots, all the best to you and your family! Greetings 🇦🇹🇦🇹
@johannbauer4147
Жыл бұрын
@@frostyfrost4094 ja, ein unvergessliches Erlebnis!
@williamzk9083
Жыл бұрын
-The most effective aircraft the German had at Stalingrad was the He 111 used as a transport. The Ju 52 engines wouldn't start in the cold while the fuel injected Jumos started straight away and the navigation gear and speed mean more trips over greater range. -While the Ju 52 3m carried the same 2 tons of cargo as the DC-3/C-47 the C-47 was 60% faster and flew 100% further for only 33% more fuel. The short range of the Ju 52 meant the Germans had to stage their cargo loading airfields much closer (during the Stalingrad encirclement these were over run by Soviet Tanks) , the lack of speed meant less trips per day, the lack of fuel economy meant they needed much more fuel. The lack of speed also meant they were easier to intercept. The Ju 52 also had less volume. -Supplying Stalingrad and Rommel's North Africa force was too much for this otherwise good aircraft. It cost efficiency just wasn't there.
More on Watson Swizlers please.
Good work ... Eric Brown giving his opinion is always a bonus. Subscribed .
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
Problem for Germany with ju52 was it was 16 seater, dc-3 was 28 seats roughly so while we had more of them they also carried more which was why I think the Germans were looking at bigger aircraft.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Owen!
@williamzk9083
Жыл бұрын
Both The C-47(DC-3) and Ju 52 aircraft could lift about the same 2-2.5 tons but the C-47 had much more internal volume. The DC-3 was about 60% faster, could fly 60% further on the same fuel and had about twice the range. The range of the Ju 52 was so short some cargo loading airfields were even over run by the Soviets and attack by their fighter aircraft. -The Ju 252 on the other hand could have carry about 4-5 tons of cargo over 2400 miles (4000km) all the way from Berlin, direct to Stalingrad, of load its cargo and return with wounded and evacuees all without refueling. it could even carry a small cargo almost 4000 miles. I suspect the 6th Army at Stalingrad could have been saved and Rommel Africa core held out much longer with the Ju 252 replacing the Ju 52. -The Ju 52 was in abundance because Erhard Milch had ordered it into mass production as a bomber to flesh our the Luftwaffe's Bomber squadrons pending the introduction of He 111/Ju 88 and Do 17. This meant the Ju 52 was in plentiful supply.
@dr.wilfriedhitzler1885
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever heard of Focke Wulff 200 „Condor“?
1:50 in the book! The First Jet Pilot” when Hitler saw the world’s first jet plane, by Henkel in 1939 before the war, Hitler asked how soon it can be ready and the pilot told in 18 months And Hitler said, it is not necessary because the war will les than one year so he cut funding for the development, And that was before he invaded Poland . But if Hitler wanted to take over the world is is claimed by the victors! He would have known that to take over the world in less than one year is just not possible.
My great grandpa Fly one of this Giants in WW2
There's an original video of this, I think from which this is being dubbed. Anyone knows the link?
In 1964 I built, from my own plans, a BV-238 & Me-323, both powered by six Cox .020 glow plug engines. Span was 6 feet for the Me-323 and 6 feet, 6 inches for the Bv-238. My largest project was an 9 foot length flying (floating?) model of the R-101, the UK airship that crashed in France on October 5, 1930. Those models were somewhat large for their day.
@gregmead2967
Жыл бұрын
That was a great little engine. I had an even smaller one, the .010, which would turn a 3" prop at 20,000 rpm.
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Absolutely brilliant video....totally captivating. Thank you DroneScapes.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks Martin! Glad you liked it
Needs more tires
this documentary was well made and well executed… There is a lot of things here that a lot of us have never seen before and they were really interesting. Good work
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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Great documentary. Though the subtitles are hilarious.
Um sobrevivente dá guerra mundial, um ótimo documentário 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇷
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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Iluschins Fahrwerk wahr damals einfach das beste , wurde auch in divers Junker schleast transporter eingebaut ,.
Wow....fantastic presentation...could listen to him for hours.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you Brent! Much appreciated ❤ I think Eric Winkle Brown is a nice addition. If you have not seen the documentary about him, here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/goeGo8aTqrXfk8Y.html to think that he flew almost 500 different aircraft (not including variations) is mind boggling
Is film available on the aircraft exhibition of enemy aircraft in 1945? Please find it if you can.
the speakers nothing
Built the BV222 1/72 from revell last year - was fun and excellent kit - looks amazing done (next to my cold war bombers) - and have a Ju290 1/72 to make... great to see videos of these amazing aircraft.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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Shame about the aspect ratio.
I understand that the Lufthansa flew the JU52 right up till 2018-2019?!?
@SebastianWittich
Жыл бұрын
Yes, saw it flying around Frankfurt a few times. To bad the accident in Switzerland happened and it went out of service
13:28 Looking at you Argentina.
Any documentary with Captain Eric Brown will be awesome. What a guy👍
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Did you watch his biography that we have on the channel? kzread.info/dash/bejne/goeGo8aTqrXfk8Y.html
1:27 aren 't these savoia marchetti sm.79, not Ju.52?
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Yes, you are actually right
arado doesnt get enough love, even though basically all their designs were very successful ! arado ar-234 was the best of all the german jet aircraft afaik, yet maybe the least known of them.
No video of the smoker on the ramp? Shame. That would be epic.
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the Ju-52 still flies today tho. Lufthansa still has one.
Great footage, the automated subtitles leave more than something to be desired though.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. We are not Netflix yet, so we have to rely on A.I. generated subtitles. I understand they are not ideal, but they often help
De Plane De Plane
16:48 the what now
If you haven't seen this with the Close Captioning active, watch it that way. The misinterpretations are hilarious. For instance, "Messerschmitt" becomes "mesh of Smith". "Four engine version" becomes "pollens reversion". "Gnome-Rhone engines" becomes "known run anchors". And on and on.
The German intro translation is wrong, Me 232 was not an "sechsstrahliges" Transportflugzeug, but one with 6 motors. The translation " ... strahlig" is only used in connection with jet planes.
Mein Opa flog Me 321 Gigant Lasten Segler 👍👍👍👍🇩🇪🇩🇪
Lovely hearing from “Winkle” Brown 👍 what an incredible log book he must have had ,! Grea to see so many aircraft I had never seen before. Splendid video 🙏👍
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. If you want to see a full documentary about Capt. Eric ‘Winkle” Brown you should not miss this': kzread.info/dash/bejne/goeGo8aTqrXfk8Y.html
to be impressed ..he is impressed by the translation
At minute 1:27 these are SM-79 and not Ju-52
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
You are correct, thank you. it should have been this photo: kzread.infoUgkxB41QHDgQbeYdZxHB5b43hsb2uFB5Zm_d
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Notice the American flag behind Eric?
Déjà à l'époque se dessinait les futurs Noratlas, Caribou ect ect, les silhouettes que j'ai aperçu dans cette vidéo ne me feront pas mentir 😉
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@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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Die Me323 ist nicht sechsstrahlig sondern sechsmotorig!
А представьте ета фуета встретится в небе с лебедем?
1:27 wrong plane photo, it is not Junkers.
まさに風の谷のナウシカに出てくる船だな。
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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@stb-1461
Жыл бұрын
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Schön , das das man sich auch einmal einer eher vernachlässigten Waffengattung , der Transportflieger widmet. Respekt vor Mr. Brown und dessen Wissen über die historische Fliegerei. Leider sind die Deutschen Untertitel im Video sehr schlecht. Ansonsten Daumen hoch.
This video has no sound.
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
You must have issues with your device, perhaps it is muted?
Anyone remember “COD Big Red One” when a B-24 ball turret gunner *massacred* several ME-323s?
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Vaguely 🙂 Did you know that they found a sunken Me 323 in the Island of Sardinia (Italy).
It ponders the question?. Maybe just Maybe someone who like me needs to realize that a lot of the aviation designs in Germany during the second world war are still viable in the 21's century?
@SebastianWittich
Жыл бұрын
And other inventions from other nations are also still in use such as the radar
soooooooooo what, 2 minutes all together on the plane? title was very misleading.....
Okay I just got here, but how the Hell did they lose things that were so damn *big?*
The 3d visuals are awesome!
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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@MotionMcAnixx
Жыл бұрын
And awesome as a description is not sufficient. The cgi is so subdued, so well crafted, that it fits in to the story seemlessly.
Wenn es sich hier Tatsächlich um Deutsche Flugzeuge Handelt, dann möchte ich auf eine Deutsche Beschreibung !!!
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Turn on the German subtitles.
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@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
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You said when Germany was attacked on both fronts in 1944 isn’t that a contradiction wasn’t Germany, the attackers
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
You are right Kevin, that was a mistake. Thanks and sorry for the error.
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I was Introduced to the German and Russian Aircraft through The Flight Sim Il-2 Sturmovik and the Japanese ! { Already Pretty much knew all of the American Planes.} Preety Amazing Aircraft. Thanks for the added History !! 🤗😁😎
@Dronescapes
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Robert!