Wings of World War II
Overview
Historical Documentary Series | 4 Episodes
CLIENT: COSMOTE TV, COSMOTE HISTORY HD
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: GEORGE KASDAGLIS
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER COSMOTE TV: FAE TSITSIPI, GIOTA KALAFATI
DIRECTOR - EDITOR: DIMITRIS CHATZIMALIS
WRITER/RESEARCH: PASXALIS PALAVOUZIS
ART DIRECTOR: PETER KASDAGLIS
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - COLORIST: LEFTERIS KASDAGLIS
MOTION GRAPHICS DIRECTOR: THOMAS DOUKINITSAS
MOTION GRAPHICS DESIGNER: SAM MELQUMIAN
3D Design / 3D Animation:
TASOS KATSIKAS
Graphic Designer: Kyriakos Elmazis
MUSIC / ORIGINAL SCORE: GEORGE XOULOGIS
NARRATION: DIMITRIS SAVVAKOS
A sweeping, character-driven chronicle of the air war over and beyond Greece from 1940 to 1944
The series unfolds an uneven struggle fought with courage, ingenuity, and sacrifice, across mainland battlefields, the skies of Crete, and the deserts of North Africa. Through rare photographs, flight logs, medals, original documents, and exclusive archival footage the series illuminates a largely untold chapter of the aerial warfare of World War II.
Pairing Then & Now photography from the exact historical viewpoints with cinematic scenes that place the audience where history was made. 3D recreations of dogfights, mission reenactments, and meticulously sourced artifacts bring unknown stories of Hellenic and Allied airmen to life, revealing daring operations, fierce confrontations, and heroic pages written in the skies from 1940 to 1944.
Guided by history and new visuals
Anchored in rigorous historical research, the production blends breathtaking cinematography with revolutionary 3D recreations of air combat to render complex operations clear, tense, and emotionally immediate. From the “Valley of Fairytales” sorties to the Battle of Athens and the exodus to Egypt, cinematic staging is intercut with exclusive archival material and testimony-driven narration, bringing to light little-known missions, shifting doctrines, and the human stakes behind every sortie.
Design language of the era
A cohesive identity draws cues from period visual systems, squadron markings, field forms, cockpit typography, distilled into contemporary clarity. Sharp, disciplined type and reduced emblematic forms echo the precision of military design, while a restrained palette channels urgency and consequence without sensationalism. Information graphics, mission cards, and route overlays translate complex operations into readable, cinematic layers that guide the eye, and the story, through chaos to comprehension.