In this video I take you through the history of aviation during the first world war / Great War / WW1.

This video was made before I started studying history at University and uses poor methodology. Much of it heavily references Wikipedia. This video is not a reliable source of historical information.

I referenced parts of the following videos to write some parts of my script:

-TheGreatWar - Bloody April 1917:    • Fight For Air Supremacy - Bloody Apri...  ​
-Real Engineering - The Physics of World War 1 Planes:    • The Physics of World War 1 Planes fea...  ​
-TheGreatWar - Aviation in World War 1:    • The Sky Was The Limit - Aviation in W...  ​
-Sabaton History - The Red Baron:    • The Red Baron – The Great War – Sabat...  ​

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:30 Prelude
01:30 Early Reconnaissance Planes
03:14 Observation Balloons
04:28 Reconnaissance Planes and Aerial Photography
07:29 Ansaldo SVA V
08:07 Zeppelins
09:05 The Dawn of Aerial Combat
10:23 Early Fighter Aeroplanes
12:40 Early Pusher Fighters
14:14 Early Tractor Fighters
16:28 Early Fighter Units and Aerial Tactics
17:17 Wing-Mounted Machine Guns
17:48 The First Flying Aces
19:04 Air Superiority at Verdun
19:28 1916 Air Superiority
20:39 Stability and Maneuvrability
21:30 The Luftstreitkräfte
23:16 The Red Baron and the Flying Circus
24:20 Early Jasta Aircraft and Tactics
25:17 Bloody April
27:21 Mid 1917 Entente Aircraft
27:57 Sopwith Camel
28:48 Mid 1917 German Aircraft
29:00 Fokker Dr.I
30:17 The German Spring Offensive of 1918
31:49 The American Air Force and the Late War
32:40 Bombers
34:29 Closing Words
34:59 Outro

Special Thanks to 1c Game Studios for providing me with a key for Flying Circus Volume I. Get the Game here:

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Music used:

- Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major op.92 - II:    • Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major ...  
- Rich Douglas - Day of Infamy Soundtrack:    • Day of Infamy OST  
- Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Soundtrack Version):    • The Attack of the Dead Men (Soundtrac...  
- Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture:    • Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Full wit...