WWII's The Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails
Over four episodes Monty retraces four of these extraordinary journeys, discovering what it took to escape Nazi occupied Europe.
Slovenia: The Crow's Flight
Monty heads to Slovenia to retrace one of the most daring, yet unknown, mass escapes of Allied prisoners during the second world war, made possible only with the help of partisans and locals.
Italy: The Sulmona Trail
Monty follows the route taken by prisoner of war Len Harley, who spent months on the run before braving snow, ice, and Nazi patrols to escape over the mountains of the Majella in Italy.
Italy: Operation Galia
Monty’s journey sees him follow the path 33 SAS soldiers took after they were parachuted behind enemy lines to attack the enemy and create chaos to draw Nazi-fascist forces away from the front line.
France and Spain: The Pyrenees
Monty treks one of the toughest and most famous freedom trails out of Nazi controlled France, taking him through the valleys and high ridges of the Pyrenees mountains and into Spain.
