Adolf Galland: The Nazi General Who Told Göring the War Was Lost—and Survived

Описание: anuary 1945.
The Third Reich is collapsing. Soviet tanks are racing toward Berlin. German cities burn under relentless Allied bombing.
WWII Luftwaffe Ace Adolf Galland's interviews and memories, the complete documentary.
Step into the turbulent cockpit and the treacherous halls of power in the Third Reich as we uncover the complete story of one of military history's most compelling figures: Adolf Galland. He was more than just one of Germany's greatest flying aces with over 100 aerial victories; he was a brilliant commander, a tactical visionary, and ultimately, a man who risked his career and his life to challenge the catastrophic decisions of Adolf Hitler himself.
And inside Hermann Göring’s lavish office, a Luftwaffe general does something almost no one in Nazi Germany dared to do.

He tells the truth.

This is the extraordinary true story of Adolf Galland—fighter ace, tactician, rebel, and survivor.

With 104 confirmed aerial victories, Galland became one of the deadliest fighter pilots of World War II and the youngest general in the Luftwaffe at just 30 years old. But his real legacy wasn’t his kill count—it was his refusal to lie.

As General of Germany’s fighter forces, Galland watched his pilots die under impossible orders, outdated strategies, and leadership that refused to face reality. While others stayed silent, Galland openly challenged Hermann Göring, criticizing Luftwaffe strategy, defending exhausted pilots, and even daring to say the unthinkable:

👉 The enemy’s aircraft were better than Germany’s.

His defiance reached a breaking point with the infamous “Revolt of the Aces”, when Germany’s most decorated fighter pilots openly blamed Göring for the destruction of the Luftwaffe. In a dictatorship built on fear, this should have meant execution.

Instead, Galland was fired.

What happened next was even more unbelievable.

In the final months of the war, Galland returned to combat, forming an elite jet fighter unit—Jagdverband 44—flying the revolutionary Me 262, the world’s first operational jet fighter. Against overwhelming odds, they struck back one last time as Germany collapsed around them.

After the war, Galland survived Allied interrogation, advised the U.S. Air Force, befriended former enemies, helped build new air forces, and lived long enough to see history debate his legacy.

Was Adolf Galland a hero?
A rebel trapped inside an evil system?
Or simply a soldier trying to save his men when the war was already lost?

This video explores the courage, contradictions, and consequences of one of WWII’s most complex fighter