The Long March To Freedom - EP01

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................46mins
Size:........................385Mb

Capture.
Veterans reveal the real reasons they joined the fighting forces. They tell of inadequate training, of meeting the enemy, and the shocking reality of combat and capture.Transported in cattle trucks, under terrible conditions, they arrive at the Stalags where they now adjust to the inevitability of a life behind wire. Their war is over. They now confront hardship and despair as they face the long years of captivity.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part13

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................45mins
Size:........................365Mb

Breakout Through Hell's Gate.
An examination of how Leon Degrelle and an array of Finns, Estonians and fellow Belgians joined German volunteer brigades to hold off the Red Army on the Eastern front during the Second World War and enabled 56,000 men to escape.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part12

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................44mins
Size:........................365Mb

Operation Pedestal.
A profile of Dudley Mason, who was awarded the George Cross after the tanker he was commanding came under attack during Operation Pedestal in August 1942 to relieve Malta.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part11

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................44mins
Size:........................365Mb

Moore's March.
A Scottish soldier who hiked 200 miles through the Libyan desert without water or supplies recalls Ronald Moore, the leader of his party.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part10

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................45mins
Size:........................365Mb

Evacuation in the Baltic.
The largest evacuation of the Second World War saw two million civilians and soldiers taken away in an extraordinary German operation that lasted for four months.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part9

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................44mins
Size:........................364Mb

Morshead Holds Tobruk.
Courageous wartime tales. Australian Leslie Morshead and his troops held off Rommel's Afrika Korps at the crucial port of Tobruk for an astonishing eight weeks.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part8

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................45mins
Size:........................363Mb

Roy Urqhart's Escape From Arnhem.
Major-General 'Roy' Urquhart led the doomed British attack on Arnhem, but somehow made it back across the Rhine, dodging enemy gunfire and patrols.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part7

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................44mins
Size:........................364Mb

The Siege of Kohima.
Feats of wartime derring-do. In 1944, 1,500 outnumbered British troops amazingly held Japanese forces at the key Burmese town of Kohima. Hear their amazing story.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part6

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................45mins
Size:........................365Mb

Manstein Holds the Line.
Death-defying tales from World War II. How Erich Von Manstein's miraculous escape from the Red Army later became the basis for NATO's defence plans.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part5

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................45mins
Size:........................365Mb

Lucky Laycock's Escape From Crete.
Death-defying tales from WWII. How legendary Major-General Robert 'Lucky' Laycock rallied his ill-equipped unit to see off a German attack on Crete.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part4

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................44mins
Size:........................364Mb

The Black Battalion.
Tales of WWII bravery. The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, a depleted unit of black soldiers, risked everything to tenaciously fight off the Nazis at Bastogne.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part3

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................45mins
Size:........................365Mb

The Doolittle Raid.
Humbling tales of heroism from WWII. Hear first-hand about America's astonishing first air raid on the Japanese archipelago, led by Colonel 'Jimmy' Doolittle.