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The German Stuka dive-bomber dropped the first bombs of the war, during Hitler's blitzkrieg invasion of Poland in 1939, and during the ensuing months it acquired a reputation as a weapon of terror. Ironically, the plane, whose slow speed was only one of its major flaws, had been thought to be obsolete before the beginning of World War II, but by the time Hitler attacked France in 1940, Stuka pilots were Nazi heroes. A German propaganda newsreel shown briefly in this video depicts the planes as mighty conquerors, though they were often deployed to terrorize civilians. In Poland the whistling, sirenlike sound of their dive-bombing runs had so terrified the Polish population that the Nazis outfitted the wings of Stukas with sirens before the invasion of France. As the Stukas attacked in a steep dive, dropping their bombs with great accuracy on French defenders and their British allies, the dive-bombers created a hellish din heard above all other sounds of battle. The Stuka instilled fear out of proportion to its numbers or even its limited role as a weapon, and during the Nazi blitzkrieg just its distinctive silhouette in the sky could cause panic among its opponents. Eventually the Stuka would meet its match when confronted with nimble and fast British fighters, but as illustrated in this informative documentary, the early course of World War II was influenced by the terror the Stuka spawned when it came screaming out of the sky. --Robert J. McNamara
| ACTORS: | World War II Battle Force |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1999 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Pbs Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Color, Closed-captioned, NTSC |
| TYPE: | War Documentaries |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 794054388138 |
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Documentry on one of most distinctive aircraft of WW II Excellent documentry on one of the most distinctive aircraft of World War II. Fifty minutes long, this PBS show goes into detail on the Junkers JU 87 "Stuka" dive-bomber; its history, technical design and tactics used by the pilots who flew this airplane on the battlefields of Spain's Civil War, and WW II's Western, Mediterranean and Eastern Fronts. The show is enhanced with digital 3D sequences displaying how the aircraft was employed, tied in nicely with actual footage of Stuka units operating in the field. The amount of footage dug up for this feature is impressive, including rare color film of Stukas flying in formation and attacking targets. The show also mentions some of the famous pilots who continued to fly this aircraft against overwhelming odds, particularly those who flew on the Eastern Front. Included in the show is footage of one of two surviving Stukas that now rests in the Royal Air Force's War Museum in England.