Narrow Escapes of World War II

TV-PG
2012    60m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [War & Politics](/on-demand/category/war-and-politics)
8.38.0
Series honors the incredible heroes of World War II who stood up and fought when everything else seemed lost. The series highlights the brilliant generals and brave troops whose selfless acts of courage saved hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. Through their personal stories, this series recreates the suicidal raids, rearguard actions, and back-to-the-wall fighting it took to ensure, against all odds, that these men made it out alive.

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1 Season

  • Season 1
    Season 113 Episodes

Cast of Narrow Escapes of World War II

  • Colin TierneyNarrator
  • Paul MarkeyNarrator / Editor
  • Erik DellumsNarrator
  • Richard OveryHistorian, University of Exeter
  • Robert LymanSelf - Author, 'Japan's Last Bid for Victory'
  • Mungo MelvinSelf - Major General, Author 'Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General'
  • Dave RooneySelf - Author, 'Burma Victory'
  • Laurence DobieszAdditional voices
  • Martin KingSelf - Military Historian
  • Matt DallasMajor Weston (Reconstruction)
  • Fergal KeaneSelf - Author, 'Road of Bones'
  • Richard E. ColeSelf - Jimmy Doolittle's Co-Pilot, Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Kuno GrossSelf - Author, 'Incident at Jebel Sherif'
  • Dave ThatcherGunner; awarded the Silver Star
  • Max HastingsSelf - Former Editor Daily Telegraph, Military Historian
  • Tony HibbertSelf - Brigade Major, 1st Parachute Brigade
  • Evan MawdsleySelf - University of Glasgow
  • James DunningSelf - Former British Commando and author
  • Simon MayallSelf - Lt. General Deputy Chief of Defense Staff
  • Tim SaundersSelf - Major, MBE and author

 

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