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S1 E3 Episode 3

Instructional & Educational

12+

43m

19 May 2025

The German mass breakout that stunned wartime Britain, the astonishing secret behind the daring escape of an American bomber crew trapped in the Soviet Union, and the Trojan Horse of Stalag Luft Three.

Season 1, 6 Episodes

Season 1 (6 Episodes)

Greatest Escapes of WWII - Episode 1

Colditz Castle, the foreboding Nazi fortress that became a university of escapology; The Great Escape, and the doomed airmen of Stalag Luft Three; and the most daring breakout of them all, the ‘Warburg Wire Job’.

Greatest Escapes of WWII - Episode 2

An adrenaline-fuelled dash through nazi-occupied Europe known as ‘The Flight of the Crow’, a death-defying escape across the world’s most perilous mountain range, and the largest escape of world war two - by men who chose death over dishonour.

Greatest Escapes of WWII - Episode 3

The German mass breakout that stunned wartime Britain, the astonishing secret behind the daring escape of an American bomber crew trapped in the Soviet Union, and the Trojan Horse of Stalag Luft Three.

Greatest Escapes of WWII - Episode 4

The Russian soldier who led a desperate outbreak from a secret Nazi death camp, Operation Chicken - an audacious plan to flee an escape-proof Japanese prison camp, and the pilots whose bold bid for freedom won the admiration of their enemies.

Greatest Escapes of WWII - Episode 5

The elite German submariners who caused havoc in the heart of the American desert, the playboy pilot they couldn’t cage, and the young lovers whose escape defied all odds.

Greatest Escapes of WWII - Episode 6

Hitler’s last soldier in America who defied the FBI for 40 years, the Auschwitz prisoners who revealed the secrets of the death camps, and the merciless Nazi who almost got away.

Details

Greatest Escapes of WWII

Instructional & Educational

12+

1 Season

43m

Discover the most audacious breakouts of World War II as Allied prisoners defy impossible odds. Through gripping reconstructions and expert insight, this series unveils true tales of courage, cunning, and the relentless will to be free.

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