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Narrow Escapes of World War II

Narrow Escapes of World War II is a TV show on British national television from Yesterday with an average rating of 3.5 stars by TelevisionCatchUp.co.uk's visitors. We have 334 episodes of Narrow Escapes of World War II in our archive. The first episode of Narrow Escapes of World War II was broadcast in October, 2021. Did you miss an episode of Narrow Escapes of World War II but don't you wan't that to happen in the future? Please set an alarm and add Narrow Escapes of World War II to your favourites, so we can remind you by email when there's a new episode available to watch. For free!

Rating:3.5 of 5Total number of episodes:334
Last broadcast:13/10/2021 at 00:00

Series 1

Series 1, Episode 4 - The Black Battalion

13/10/2021 3.0 6 x

The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, a depleted unit of black soldiers, risked everything to fight off the Nazis at Bastogne. Hear their tales of wartime bravery.

Series 1, Episode 3 - Wingate and the Chindits

12/10/2021 4.0 4 x

The Chindits were the army's elite jungle troops who beat the Japanese in a daring mission. Hear their jaw-dropping story and their feats of wartime heroism.

Series 1, Episode 2 - The Doolittle Raid

06/10/2021 3.0 8 x

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.

Series 1, Episode 1 - The Amiens Raid

05/10/2021 3.0 7 x

Discover how a squadron of low-flying bombers freed Resistance fighters from Amiens Jail in 1944. A gripping account of one of the most daring raids of World War II.

Series 1, Episode 13 - Breakout Through Hell's Gate

05/06/2021 3.0 4 x

Hear how Leon Degrelle and a motley crew of Finns, Estonians and Belgians held off the three million-strong Russian army, enabling 56,000 men to escape.

Series 1, Episode 12 - Operation Pedestal

05/06/2021 4.0 6 x

How did plucky tanker master Dudley Mason play a vital role in securing the island of Malta in the face of Nazi bombardment? A humbling tale of heroism from WWII.

Series 1, Episode 11 - Moore's March

22/05/2021 3.0 8 x

WWII tales. A Scottish soldier who hiked 200 miles through the Libyan desert without water or supplies recalls his party's legendary leader: tough trooper Ronald Moore.

Series 1, Episode 10 - Evacuation in the Baltics

22/05/2021 4.0 5 x

WWII's largest evacuation saw two million civilians and soldiers whisked away in a German operation lasting four months. Hear about this extraordinary exit.

Series 1, Episode 9 - Morshead Holds Tobruk

22/05/2021 3.0 10 x

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.

Series 1, Episode 8 - Roy Urqhart's Escape from Arnhem

15/05/2021 3.0 2 x

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

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