60 min

S1 · E1 · Apr 1, 2015

The Doolittle Raid Episode 1

Seeking to hit back at Japan, Col. Jimmy Doolittle puts B-25 bombers on aircraft for a mission that the crews have little chance of surviving.

7.7 · You

60 min

S1 · E2 · Apr 2, 2015

Wingate and the Chindits Episode 2

Surrounded by the Japanese, Orde Wingate led the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade in one of the most imaginative and complex escapes of World War II.

7.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E3 · Apr 3, 2015

The Black Battalion Holds the Line Episode 3

Unsung heroes: the battalion of black soldiers who were surrounded, down to their last ten rounds, and yet who helped win the Battle of the Bulge.

7.7 · You

60 min

S1 · E4 · Apr 5, 2015

Manstein Holds the Line Episode 4

Fleeing from the Russian troops, Erich von Manstein devised one of the most brilliant escapes in military history Â- one that is still studied in military schools.

7.7 · You

60 min

S1 · E5 · Apr 12, 2015

Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete Episode 5

This is the dramatic story of how Crete was captured by the Germans and how Robert Laycock led a desperate rear guard action against crack German mountain troops.

7.7 · You

60 min

S1 · E6 · Apr 19, 2015

The Amiens Raid Episode 6

In advance of the Allied landings at Normandy, the British plan the aerial bombing of Amiens Prison, where a hundred Resistance fighters await execution.

7.4 · You

60 min

S1 · E7 · Apr 26, 2015

Breakout Through Hell's Gate Episode 7

With 60,000 German soldiers surrounded by the Russian army, this is the story of the heroic rearguard action that allowed thousands of troops to escape.

6.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E8 · May 3, 2015

The Road of Bones Episode 8

In 1944, 1500 outnumbered British and Indian troops amazingly hold Japanese forces at the key Burmese town of Kohima. This is their amazing story.

7.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E9 · May 10, 2015

Morshead Holds Tobruk Episode 9

By Easter 1941, all that stands between Afrika Korps commander Erwin Rommel and Egypt's Suez Canal is Tobruk. Australia's Gen. Leslie Morshead and his defenders are ordered to hold the Libyan port for eight weeks while the defenses of Egypt can be strengthened. The "Rats of Tobruk" are convinced that if they fail, the war against Germany will be lost.

7.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E10 · May 17, 2015

The Real Bridge Too Far Episode 10

Sadly, the Allied Forces did not manage to capture the last bridge near Arnhem. Arnhem quite literally proved to be 'a bridge to far'. More than 1,750 Allied soldiers who were killed during Operation Market Garden lie buried at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek.

7.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E11 · May 24, 2015

Evacuation in the Baltic Episode 11

As the war enters its final months, the nearly 2 million Germans living in East Prussia flee an advancing Red Army no longer distinguishing between German soldiers and civilians. Hundreds of thousands make for the Baltic ports--the start of the single biggest evacuation of WWII.

7.9 · You

60 min

S1 · E12 · May 31, 2015

Operation Pedestal Episode 12

By 1942, the fight between the Allies and the Axis for control of the Mediterranean is focused on tiny Malta. From there, British aircraft and submarines have been preying on enemy supply ships. When Hitler and Mussolini decide to crush Malta, Churchill dispatches a huge convoy to run the gauntlet of Axis air and naval power to reach the beleaguered island stronghold.

7.8 · You

60 min

S1 · E13 · Jun 7, 2015

Moore's March Episode 13

With the Italians preparing to invade Egypt in the summer of 1940, the British army's Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) causes havoc far behind the front. But after an LRDG patrol is attacked, a tough New Zealander named Ron Moore leads the survivors barefoot through the desert, 300 miles from Allied lines.

7.5 · You

Narrow Escapes of WWII

Season 1

The Doolittle Raid Episode 1

Wingate and the Chindits Episode 2

The Black Battalion Holds the Line Episode 3

Manstein Holds the Line Episode 4

Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete Episode 5

The Amiens Raid Episode 6

Breakout Through Hell's Gate Episode 7

The Road of Bones Episode 8

Morshead Holds Tobruk Episode 9

The Real Bridge Too Far Episode 10

Evacuation in the Baltic Episode 11

Operation Pedestal Episode 12

Moore's March Episode 13

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Season 1

The Doolittle Raid Episode 1

Wingate and the Chindits Episode 2

The Black Battalion Holds the Line Episode 3

Manstein Holds the Line Episode 4

Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete Episode 5

The Amiens Raid Episode 6

Breakout Through Hell's Gate Episode 7

The Road of Bones Episode 8

Morshead Holds Tobruk Episode 9

The Real Bridge Too Far Episode 10

Evacuation in the Baltic Episode 11

Operation Pedestal Episode 12

Moore's March Episode 13

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