The Eastern Front, 1943. Two Soviet pilots, straight out of training, join a veteran fighter squadron on the front line.

Follows the lives of a Soviet fighter squadron on Eastern Front. They fly Yaks out of a remote airfield against air and ground targets. Rather than being an all-out action movie, it looks at the relationships between the individual pilots, their commanders and ground crew. In WWII Soviet both men and women were pilots. The series is well made with good production values and the air battles are realistic and believable. It also does a good job of showing the realities of war, the dilemmas faced at times by those who fought and surprisingly, for a Russian-made series, it doesn't demonize the Germans to any great extent.—Steven Dale

Excellent story of a Yak Fighter Squadron fighting in Soviet Union.Very insightful character stories complemented by realistic aviation combat scenes.The Cast are well known at home and give a very good quality to this presentation! Well worth coping with the sub titles to see another side of the Second World War,in which the Soviet Union lost so many to throw back the Fascists.—peterkeane182

The Eastern Front, 1943. Two Soviet pilots, straight out of training, join a veteran fighter squadron on the front line. They will have to learn quickly as the adversaries are experienced and cunning and a mistake could make the difference between life and death.—grantss