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

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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 the Second World War.

Documentary · 2017 · 49 min

Starring Monty Halls

Director Tom Whitworth

EPISODE 1

Slovenia: The Crow's Flight

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

47 min · Jun 25, 2021
EPISODE 2

Italy: The Sulmona Trail

Len Harley escaped from the Nazis in Italy; Monty Halls retraces his incredible journey, and reunites Len, who's now 98, with Rosina Spinosa, who helped him escape.

47 min · Apr 13, 2019
EPISODE 3

Italy: Operation Galia

Recounting the story of a daring SAS mission behind enemy lines in northern Italy, and retracing the troops' dramatic escape route across the Apuan Alps.

47 min · May 16, 2021
EPISODE 4

France and Spain: The Pyrenees

Retracing the tough World War II freedom trail across the Pyrenees from France to Spain and meeting soldiers who survived it and people who helped them.

46 min · Jun 28, 2021