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French fighter pilots reject their nation's WWII surrender, escape to Moscow, and form the legendary Normandie squadron. Their exceptional bravery in aerial combat, especially at the Nieman River, earns them the honored name.

A certain number of French fighter pilots who will not accept the Second Armistice at Compiègne nor Vichy's orders decide to join the USSR. Once they have reached Moscow they resume training and form a squadron they call "Normandie". Reinforced in 1944, the squadron wins many victories. Following the acts of valor displayed by its pilots during the Battle of the Nieman River, it becomes the "Normandie-Niemen" squadron for the rest of times...—Guy Bellinger