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Wings Above Berlin

Wings Above Berlin

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 28, 2022

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Romance, History

User Score

70%

Original Title

1941. Крылья над Берлином

Production Companies

R.B. Productions

Director

Konstantin Buslov

Description

The year is 1941. Nazi Germany has declared war on the USSR and begins launching air assaults on Moscow and St. Petersburg. Stalin immediately orders a retaliatory air campaign under the code name “Wings over Berlin.” The closest entry point to Berlin from the USSR border was an airfield on the Estonian island Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. It would be a 7-hour flight over enemy territory in outdated aircraft leaving no chance of survival for the tail crew members in case of attack. Despite overwhelming odds, the first units completed the mission and made it back to base safely, unlike many others that followed.