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On paper, the P‑47 Thunderbolt was a failure.
Too heavy, too slow, too clumsy to dogfight Germany’s Fw 190s and Bf 109s.

Yet by the end of World War II, the P‑47 had destroyed more German aircraft in the European theater than any other American fighter.

This is the true story of Colonel Hubert Zemke and the 56th Fighter Group – “Zemke’s Wolfpack” – the unit that turned the “useless” Jug into the deadliest fighter of the air war over Europe.

In this video you’ll see how:

The P‑47 lost early dogfights to the Luftwaffe
Zemke used mathematics and test data to rethink air combat
Dive‑and‑zoom tactics turned altitude into a weapon
The 56th Fighter Group protected bombers on deep raids to Leipzig and Berlin
P‑47s helped make D‑Day possible and win air superiority over Normandy
The Wolfpack ended the war as the top‑scoring fighter group in the 8th Air Force
This isn’t just a plane story. It’s a tactics story. A story about a commander who refused to accept “doctrine” and instead trusted physics, energy management and discipline to keep his pilots alive.

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