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Wings of the Great War

Wings of the Great War

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 19, 2020

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Στα Φτερά του Α΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου

Production Companies

Gullwing, Cosmote TV

Director

Dimitris Chatzimalis

Description

Five airfields, each with strategic value, shaped the progress of the Great War and changed the tides of history forever – yet they remain unknown to the general public. Fearless men, strangers – arriving from the ends of the world – but also Greeks, defeated the fear of the unknown, defied death, and flew with primitive flying machines made of cloth and wood. They fought over the skies of Macedonia and the Aegean. Some of them never returned home...