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Chronicles of Courage: Stories of Wartime and Innovation

NBC Learn, in partnership with Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Productions, chronicles World War II history and the innovations behind the war’s greatest aircraft. For related lesson plans, open the video and click on “Lessons.” If you are having trouble viewing the videos

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Chronicles of Courage: Stories of Wartime and Innovation

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05/23/2017

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Ken Wilkinson is a flying officer with the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force during World War II. He flies the Supermarine Spitfire, and thanks to a new technology called radar, he knows when and where to intercept German planes. "Chro ...

Chronicles of Courage: Spitfire

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05/23/2017

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Months after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France in World War II, the Germans unleash a terrifying new weapon by order of Adolf Hitler: the V-2 rocket, nicknamed the vengeance weapon. "Chronicles of Courage: Stories of Wartime and ...

Chronicles of Courage: V-2 Rocket

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05/23/2017

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In an epic showdown between the Soviet Union and Germany during World War II, Soviet pilot Nikolay Olovyannikov flies the Ilyushin IL-2. Nicknamed the "Winged Tank," this heavily armored ground attack plane is designed to fly dangerou ...

Chronicles of Courage: Winged Tank

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05/23/2017

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00:05:36

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Ernst-Dieter Bernhard, a pilot in Germany's air force, or Luftwaffe, flies one of the deadliest fighter planes of World War II, the Messerschmitt Bf 109. In May of 1945, he is commissioned to destroy the last bridge left standing over ...

Chronicles of Courage: Bf 109

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05/23/2017

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In July of 1940, the Battle of Britain begins as Adolf Hitler begins a relentless bombing campaign over England. Tom Neil, a pilot in the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, flies the sturdy and dependable Hawker Hurricane during one of ...

Chronicles of Courage: Hurricane and the Battle of Britain

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05/23/2017

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During World War II, leaders of Germany's air force, or Luftwaffe, launch a top-secret aircraft: the Me 262, the world's first jet engine fighter plane. Pilot Jorg Czypionka flies with a special German unit of Me 262s assigned to hunt ...

Chronicles of Courage: Me 262, First Jet Fighter Plane

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05/23/2017

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With World War II raging in the Pacific, U.S. Navy pilot Ben St. John flies a torpedo bomber from the deck of the USS Intrepid to take on the Japanese Imperial Navy. He and the other pilots confront one of the largest warships ever pu ...

Chronicles of Courage: Torpedo Bomber

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05/23/2017

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As millions of German troops invade the Soviet Union during World War II, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin authorizes women to form the first female bomber regiments. These young female pilots and navigators fly the old-fashioned Polikarpo ...

Chronicles of Courage: Night Witches

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05/23/2017

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Erich Brunotte, a pilot in one of the most decorated fighter wings in the German air force, or Luftwaffe, during World War II, flies the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter plane. As the war progresses, design modifications to the Fw 190 presen ...

Chronicles of Courage: Fw 190

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05/23/2017

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In the waning days of World War II in Europe, German pilot Sergeant Wilhelm Simonsohn is given his last mission of the war, which involves flying one of the most versatile non-combat airplanes in the German air force, the Fieseler Fi ...

Chronicles of Courage: Storch

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12/06/2016

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Only months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, famed pilot James Doolittle leads a top-secret mission to bomb Japan. Richard Cole co-pilots the first of a group of 16 North American B-25 Mitchell bombers that launch from an ai ...

Chronicles of Courage: The Doolittle Raid

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12/07/2016

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At the height of World War II, Allied bombing missions often include hundreds of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses that strike deep behind enemy lines. Gunner Mason Howe survives these harrowing missions while operating one of the plane's ...

Chronicles of Courage: B-17 and the Ball Turret

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12/07/2016

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In 1944, the United States Navy's Fast Carrier Task Force navigates towards victory in World War II. Navy Pilot Robert Turnell launches his newly designed Grumman F6F Hellcat from the decks of the USS Wasp, and fights against the lege ...

Chronicles of Courage: F6F Hellcat

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12/07/2016

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In 1943, the Allies struggle to get a foothold in Europe. Fighter pilot Benjamin Cassiday, Jr. flies his Republic P-47 Thunderbolt against deadly German planes. The P-47's mighty engine, the 18-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double W ...

Chronicles of Courage: P-47 and the Double Wasp Engine

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12/07/2016

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00:06:11

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With thousands of men fighting in World War II, women are offered jobs in fields that had not previously been available to them, including aviation. Bernice "Bee" Falk Haydu and Dawn Rochow Balden Seymour join a civilian program calle ...

Chronicles of Courage: Women Airforce Service Pilots

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12/01/2016

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On December 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launches a surprise attack on the U.S. military stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Stuart Hedley is a sailor on the USS West Virginia and witnesses the horror of the attack firsthand. "Chronicl ...

Chronicles of Courage: Pearl Harbor

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12/07/2016

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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 launches America into World War II. Just weeks after the attack, a small group of American volunteer pilots known as the Flying Tigers use their Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks to score s ...

Chronicles of Courage: Flying Tigers

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12/07/2016

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00:05:10

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On June 6, 1944, Allied forces begin the D-Day invasion of Normandy to liberate Europe from the Nazis. Fighter pilot Archie Maltbie provides cover for Allied troops in his Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a tough American plane known for it ...

Chronicles of Courage: P-47 and the Turbo Supercharger

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12/07/2016

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After a bloody battle with Japan, U.S. forces gain control of the island of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean, turning it into an important American airbase. From there, U.S. fighter pilot Jerry Yellin escorts bomber planes on long, dange ...

Chronicles of Courage: Flying the Beam

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12/07/2016

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