http://www.history.com/minisites/dogfights/
Season 2 started today on the History Channel in the US. Has the first season been shown in the UK yet? If so, what channel/s?
It seems to be stunningly US centric, as most US documentaries often are (they dare put a few on UKTV History), so I’m not incredibly enthused about seeing it, but I’d take a look if it was on.
You can get an upcoming episode guide by going here:
By: RobAnt - 15th July 2007 at 15:04
😀 😀 😀 So make that 45 minutes then! :diablo:
By: lotus72 - 15th July 2007 at 03:53
that would be WITH commercials!!
By: Matty - 15th July 2007 at 02:08
Thanks BlueNoser, Season 1 doesn’t appear to be available on DVD here yet and it’s a bit pricey from the States. I might brave the perils of ebay for this.
Didn’t realise episodes are 2 hours long! Is that with or without commercials?
By: BlueNoser352 - 14th July 2007 at 05:38
Two great hours tonight !
BlueNoser352 here…. watched two hours of great aviation history tonight on the second season of Dogfights. Frist hour in the pacific as US ships delt with the first recoreded Kamikaze attacks and the second hour a great hour on a special German Luftwaffe group designed to ram their Me-109’s into US Bombers. Great computer graphics with these two programs…..! First season already out on DVD here ! Hope they have one on pilots from the 352nd this season.
Dogfights: Kamikaze
It was a weapon conceived in desperation yet horrifying in its destructive power–young Japanese pilots willing to turn themselves into human bombs to attack the US fleet in the Pacific. Witness the first organized kamikaze attack in history on October 25, 1944. In brutal fashion, a US escort carrier is sunk, and a survivor re-lives the terrifying scene. At the same time, the Japanese unveil an even more sinister suicide weapon: the rocket-powered Okha. A Japanese Okha veteran describes the training and mindset of a suicide pilot, and US Navy veterans onboard ships struck by Ohkas, tell the enormous devastation this “flying torpedo” could unleash. Then, we’ll explore another desperation tactic–this one in Germany. In the face of the wholesale destruction of their homeland, young Germans were motivated to destroy American bombers by any means necessary, including using their own aircraft as battering rams.
By: Matty - 14th July 2007 at 04:56
yes, they’re on the History Channel UK!!
Just wondering if it had trickled down onto any other (free) channels really.
Is it any good? There seems to have been a lot of effort gone into it.
By: lotus72 - 14th July 2007 at 04:35
yes, they’re on the History Channel UK!!
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