Stuka Dive Bomber

Stuka Dive Bomber

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S11 E9: With its precision bombing and high-pitched banshee wail, the Ju-87 Stuka cemented itself as THE Nazi terror weapon of World War II. Discover the story of this German air warrior, from its development and testing by a brilliant female (and Jewish) engineer to its brutal Blitzkrieg assaults across Europe to its demise late in the war as faster Allied fighters blew it from the sky. Rarely seen aerial combat footage and stories shared by German families and Allied veterans reveal fresh insights about the Stuka and its most notorious attacks.