NARROW ESCAPES OF WORLD WAR II tells the real stories of courageous and deadly fights against impossible odds. The extraordinary stories of heroes; men who stand up and fight when everything seems lost. Those brilliant generals, ferocious warriors and individual acts of courage that can turn the tide in a war, and whose stories can still be told as shining examples of bravery and courage. This series combines eyewitness and expert testimony with specially shot material, dramatic reconstruction and archive - much of it previously unseen.
PART 1
THE AMIENS RAID THE DOOLITTLE RAID WINGATE & THE CHINDITS THE BLACK BATTALION LUCKY LAYCOCK'S ESCAPE FROM CRETE
PART 2
MANSTEIN HOLDS THE LINE THE SIEGE OF KOHIMA ROY URQUHART'S ESCAPE FROM ARNHEM MORSHEAD HOLDS TOBRUK
PART 3
EVACUATION IN THE BALTIC MOORE'S MARCH OPERATION PEDESTAL BREAKOUT THROUGH HELL'S GATE
