The Fw 190: The Best Fighter Plane of World War II?

On June 1, 1939, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, a plane designed by the German aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank, made its first flight and would go on to bedevil the Allies throughout the rest of World War II. The text narrated in this video is from the original article at https://www.historyandheadlines.com/fw-190/ Author: Major Dan Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar Music: “Unser Kaiserhaus” by United States Marine Band from the YouTube Audio Library The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akutan_Zero_shipped.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Disney_Bomb_1945.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Focke-Wulf_Fw_190_050602-F-1234P-005.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Focke-Wulf_Ta_152_H_(15247074656).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FockeWulf_Fw190.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fw_190_assembly_line_Bremen_1945.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fw_190_weapons_arrangement.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fw_190A-3_JG_2_in_Britain_1942.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_fighter-bombers_attack_the_invasion_force_off_Anzio_on_22_January_1944.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Messerschmitt_BF_109_E-3_(Emil)_and_Focke_Wulf_190_A-5_make_a_fly-by_at_Paine_Field_USA_Aug_2011_with_sound.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Republic_Aviation_-_P-47D_Thunderbolt_--_P-51_Mustand_--_Focke-Wulf_190_A-5_start-up_and_fly-by_at_Paine_Field_USA_June_2012.ogv https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Air_Force_Fighter_Command,_1939-1945._C3621.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vought_XF4U-1_Corsair_prototype_in_flight_in_1940.jpeg The images by Doege available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-727-0297-30A,_Russland,_Wartung_einer_Fw_190.jpg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-727-0297-32A,_Russland,_Wartung_einer_Fw_190.jpg, by Meschke available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-657-6304-24,_Luftwaffe,_Modelle_eines_Bombers_und_J%C3%A4gers.jpg, and by Unknown author available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L18396,_Kurt_Tank.jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en The images by B. Huber available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fw_190_A4_Hanning.jpg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fw_190_F8_Seite_ER4_ETC_50.JPG and by JuergenKlueser available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fw190Aa3_10.JPG are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en The image by Kaboldy available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Focke-Wulf_Ta_152_H.svg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en The image by Jorgeduardo available at https://pixabay.com/illustrations/board-chalk-chalkboard-education-5585922/ is licensed under the Pixabay License: https://pixabay.com/service/license/ The low-resolution image available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fw190V1.jpg is used briefly in a video intended for educational purposes per fair use. Images used in this video are believed to be (based on their file descriptions at the time of access by us) either in the public domain or available per a Creative Commons license or per “fair use”. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are the originator of any image used in this video and would like us to name you and/or include a link to the original source in this video’s description, we will gladly do so. Please support this channel on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/historyandheadlines Thank you for watching this video!