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Detailed digital re-creations of aerial combat are the obvious highlight of Dogfights, 
but the greatest value of this popular History Channel series lies in its assembly 
of priceless interviews with veteran pilots who fought in history's most dangerous dogfights 
and lived to tell the tale. As an oral and visual history that will enthrall viewers of all ages, 
the series pays tribute to these men and their remarkable skill, and their vivid recollections 
ensure that this series will be discussed and studied for many years to come. 
Each episode focuses on specific dogfights where "you're in the pilot's seat" for a breathtaking 
study of how these potentially deadly aerial encounters began, developed, and concluded. 
The series re-creates legendary dogfights with computer-generated aircraft so authentically detailed 
(including accurate paint-schemes and military markings) that you can even see the rivets 
in their fuselages. With CGI pilots nestled in their cockpits, these airplanes look and move 
like the real thing, and while other details such as aircraft debris, flames, explosions, 
and crashes are rendered in video-game quality resolution (i.e., not state-of-the-art 
but sufficiently impressive) the aerial activity also includes gun-tracers, rockets, 
and missiles that are instantly convincing. 
The only thing missing is the G-forces you'd feel if you were actually flying the planes.

This episode:
The Luftwaffe's last great offensive, called Operation Bodenplatte, occurred on January 1, 1945. Bob Brulle, Sanford K. Moats, Alden Rigby, and Richard Creamer were American pilots of the 352d Fighter Group whose airbase, known as Y-29, was attacked by fighters. After this day, the Luftwaffe was shattered as an effective fighting force.

Source:dvb-recording from satellite

Duration:43 min 33 sec

Video:mpeg2, 1808 kbps, 704 x 576 px, 25 fps (pal)

Audio:mpeg2, 192 kbps, 48 kHz, stereo, english

Subtitles:dutch, separate srt-file

Filesize:646 MB
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Compression:best, rar

partsize:21,120,000 bytes

no. of parts:30, Hundbatalo_1945.part01.rar - Hundbatalo_1945.part30.rar

verification:par2, 98 blocks added for repair (10%)

Posted by:Nenio

Group:a.b.documentaries, a.b.misc

Date:2011-1-28
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Further release-notes:
After unrar you'll find two files: Dogfights_death_of_luftwaffe.mpg and .srt
You can author your own dvd combining it with other videos (my favorite app is DeVeDe) or watch it on your computer.
Used software: project x, gspot, winrar, quickpar, jbinup.