WWII's Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails

Name: WWII's Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails
Released: 2017-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Monty Halls

TV Show · Documentary · History

An account of some of the little-known and incredible stories of prisoners of war and Allied soldiers escaping from Nazi-occupied territory to safety during World War II.

2017

Starring Monty Halls

Director Tom Whitworth

EPISODE 1

Slovenia

Monty retraces the extraordinary journey through the mountains and forests of Slovenia following the most successful mass escape of Allied prisoners of war during World War II.
EPISODE 2

Sulmona

Monty retraces the incredible story of Len Harley's escape from the Nazis in Italy. Len, 98, reunites with Rosina Spinosa, the woman who helped him rebuild the strength he needed to get to Allied territory.
EPISODE 3

Rossano

The dramatic story of a Special Air Service mission in northern Italy behind enemy lines, retracing the incredible escape route taken by the troops through the Apuan Alps.
EPISODE 4

The Pyrenees

Soldiers who survived the war and the people who helped them on their journey discuss the difficult World War II freedom trail over the Pyrenees from Nazi-occupied France to Spain.