WWII's Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails
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201760 minEnded

WWII's Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails

Network:Channel 4

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S01E04 - "France and Spain: The Pyrenees"

Aired on Oct 7, 2017, 7:00 PM

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Former marine Monty Halls retraces the routes of great escapes from Nazi territory, meeting surviving escapees and locals who risked their lives to help them.

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Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
September 16, 2017
Ended
October 7, 2017
Schedule
Saturday at 8:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 4 Episodes)

Slovenia: The Crow's Flight

Monty treks through the forests and mountains of Slovenia, as he learns the dramatic story of the most successful mass escape of Allied prisoners in World War II

Sep 16, 2017

60 min

Italy: The Sulmona Trail

Monty follows in the footsteps of Len Harley, who escaped from the Nazis across Italy's Majella mountains in winter, and reunites Len - who's now 98 - with Rosina Spinosa, who helped him escape

Sep 23, 2017

60 min

Italy: Operation Galia

Monty recounts the story of a daring SAS mission behind enemy lines in northern Italy, and retraces the troops' dramatic escape route across the Apuan Alps

Sep 30, 2017

60 min

France and Spain: The Pyrenees

Monty Halls retraces the tough World War II freedom trail across the Pyrenees from France to Spain and meets soldiers who survived it and people who helped them.

Oct 7, 2017

60 min

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