Narrow Escapes of World War II

TV-PG
2012    60mDocumentary, War & Politics
8.3
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
  • Erik DellumsNarrator
  • Richard OveryHistorian, University of Exeter
  • Mungo MelvinSelf - Major General, Author 'Manstein: Hitler's Greatest General'
  • Robert LymanSelf - Author, 'Japan's Last Bid for Victory'
  • Dave RooneySelf - Author, 'Burma Victory'
  • Laurence DobieszAdditional voices
  • Fergal KeaneSelf - Author, 'Road of Bones'
  • Kevin FarrellSelf - Colonel, Chief of Military History - West Point
  • Max HastingsSelf - Former Editor Daily Telegraph, Military Historian
  • Martin KingSelf - Military Historian
  • Hans StrehlauSelf - Former SS Sergeant, Survivor Operation Hannibal
  • George ShomoSelf - Staff Sergeant 333rd field artillery unit
  • Jean-Pierre DucellierSelf - Dr., author 'The Amiens Raid: Secrets Revealed'
  • Donald EastenSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Ed SaylorSelf - Engineer; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Matt DallasMajor Weston (Reconstruction)
  • Anne-Marie Noel SimonSelf - U.S. Wereth Memorial Foundation
  • Alex WinchesterSelf - Scots Guards, T Patrol
  • Carrol GlinesSelf - Aviation Journalist; Curator Doolittle Museum
  • Alec GibsonSelf - 3rd Gurka Rifles
  • Mike MorganSelf - Author, 'Sting of the Scorpion'
  • Allan ShawSelf - Ordinary Seaman, S.S. Ohio
  • Leslie CrouchSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Tom GriffinSelf - Navigator; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Reginald CoakerSelf - Ordnance Artificer, H.M.S. Bramham
  • Andrew StewartSelf - Phd, Kings College London
  • Morty SoutarSelf - Phd, Military Historian
  • Bob HiteSelf - Co-Pilot; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Dave ThatcherGunner; awarded the Silver Star
  • Brendan O'CarrollSelf - Author, 'Barce Raid - The Long Range Desert Group's Most Daring Exploit in WW II'
  • Laurence HintonReconstruction Actor
  • Michael WoodsSelf - Nephew of Charles Pickard
  • Richard E. ColeSelf - Jimmy Doolittle's Co-Pilot, Distinguished Flying Cross
  • David Vaughan KnightLt Col Robert 'Lucky' Laycock
  • Bill SmylySelf - 2nd Gurka Rifles
  • Tony Le TissierSelf - Lt. Colonel, Ex- Royal Military Police, Military Historian
  • Bill TownillSelf - 9th Gurka Rifles
  • Henri MoisanSelf - French Resistance
  • John St. JohnSelf - Former Royal Marine
  • Peter HenlySelf - Mosquito Display Pilot
  • Tim SaundersSelf - Major, MBE and author
  • Ralph BagnoldHiimself - Audio interview from 1987
  • Judy UrquhartSelf - Daughter of Major General Roy Urquhart
  • Simon MayallSelf - Lt. General Deputy Chief of Defense Staff
  • Peter DoresaSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Tony ReddingSelf - Author, 'War in the Wilderness'
  • Peter SmithSelf - Author 'Pedestal'
  • Saul KellySelf - Phd., Lecturer, Kings College London
  • Kuno GrossSelf - Author, 'Incident at Jebel Sherif'
  • Ray EllisSelf - Author, 'Once a Hussar'
  • Horst WoitSelf - German Evacuee, Survivor - Operation Hannibal
  • Matthew CobbSelf - Professor, author of 'The Resistance'
  • Albert JordanSelf - 506th Field Company Royal Engineers
  • Hiroshi YamagamiSelf - Standard Bearer, 58th Infantry Regiment
  • Darren Placidamerican GI
  • Jimmy PatchSelf - Navigator, Y Patrol
  • Stuart CarrSelf - Navigator, Y Patrol
  • Doug CharltonSelf - Private R Company, 1st Parachute Brigade
  • Chuzaburo TomauSelf - Company 3 138th Infantry Regiment
  • Maxwell SparksSelf - Pilot Officer
  • James DunningSelf - Former British Commando and author
  • Tony HibbertSelf - Brigade Major, 1st Parachute Brigade
  • Ted FawcettSelf - Gunnery Officer, H.M.S. Bramham
  • Evan MawdsleySelf - University of Glasgow
  • Nick GordonRAF commander
 
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