Narrow Escapes of WWII
(2012)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
Moore's March
Episode 13 - 6-07-2015
50m
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.
7.4/10
Haven't Seen
Operation Pedestal
Episode 12 - 5-31-2015
52m
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Evacuation in the Baltic
Episode 11 - 5-24-2015
51m
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.
8/10Haven't Seen
The Real Bridge Too Far
Episode 10 - 5-17-2015
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Morshead Holds Tobruk
Episode 9 - 5-10-2015
52m
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Road of Bones
Episode 8 - 5-03-2015
In 1944, 1500 outnumbered British and Indian troops amazingly hold Japanese forces at the key Burmese town of Kohima. This is their amazing story.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Breakout Through Hell's Gate
Episode 7 - 4-26-2015
44m
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.
6.4/10Haven't Seen
The Amiens Raid
Episode 6 - 4-19-2015
45m
In advance of the Allied landings at Normandy, the British plan the aerial bombing of Amiens Prison, where a hundred Resistance fighters await execution.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete
Episode 5 - 4-12-2015
45m
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.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Manstein Holds the Line
Episode 4 - 4-05-2015
45m
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.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Black Battalion Holds the Line
Episode 3 - 4-03-2015
45m
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Wingate and the Chindits
Episode 2 - 4-02-2015
45m
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.
8/10Haven't Seen
The Doolittle Raid
Episode 1 - 4-01-2015
45m
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
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The Road of Bones
Episode 8 - 5-03-2015
In 1944, 1500 outnumbered British and Indian troops amazingly hold Japanese forces at the key Burmese town of Kohima. This is their amazing story.
8.2/10Haven't Seen
Wingate and the Chindits
Episode 2 - 4-02-2015
45m
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.
8/10Haven't Seen
Evacuation in the Baltic
Episode 11 - 5-24-2015
51m
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.
8/10Haven't Seen
The Amiens Raid
Episode 6 - 4-19-2015
45m
In advance of the Allied landings at Normandy, the British plan the aerial bombing of Amiens Prison, where a hundred Resistance fighters await execution.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
The Doolittle Raid
Episode 1 - 4-01-2015
45m
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.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
