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Masters of the Air review: It’s hard to resist the pulse-quickening action of this epic Second World War story

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“We shall fight in France,” proclaimed Winston Churchill in a 1940 speech to the House of Commons. “We shall fight on the seas and oceans,” he went on, “we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be.” It is a call to arms for Allied servicemen that has rung through generations, and been answered, once again, by and . Having fought in France, in 2001’s , and on the seas and oceans in 2010’s, it is time now for the producer duo to round out their trilogy of Second World War epics with , Apple TV+’s nine-part depiction of the battle in the skies.

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