Narrow Escapes of World War II

TV-PG
2012    60mDocumentary, War & Politics
8.4
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
  • 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
  • Bill TownillSelf - 9th Gurka Rifles
  • Brendan O'CarrollSelf - Author, 'Barce Raid - The Long Range Desert Group's Most Daring Exploit in WW II'
  • Ralph BagnoldHiimself - Audio interview from 1987
  • Jimmy PatchSelf - Navigator, Y Patrol
  • Chuzaburo TomauSelf - Company 3 138th Infantry Regiment
  • Judy UrquhartSelf - Daughter of Major General Roy Urquhart
  • Alex WinchesterSelf - Scots Guards, T Patrol
  • Henri MoisanSelf - French Resistance
  • Kevin FarrellSelf - Colonel, Chief of Military History - West Point
  • Tony Le TissierSelf - Lt. Colonel, Ex- Royal Military Police, Military Historian
  • Darren Placidamerican GI
  • David Vaughan KnightLt Col Robert 'Lucky' Laycock
  • John St. JohnSelf - Former Royal Marine
  • Horst WoitSelf - German Evacuee, Survivor - Operation Hannibal
  • Carrol GlinesSelf - Aviation Journalist; Curator Doolittle Museum
  • Matthew CobbSelf - Professor, author of 'The Resistance'
  • George ShomoSelf - Staff Sergeant 333rd field artillery unit
  • Anne-Marie Noel SimonSelf - U.S. Wereth Memorial Foundation
  • Ted FawcettSelf - Gunnery Officer, H.M.S. Bramham
  • Tony ReddingSelf - Author, 'War in the Wilderness'
  • Reginald CoakerSelf - Ordnance Artificer, H.M.S. Bramham
  • Peter SmithSelf - Author 'Pedestal'
  • Saul KellySelf - Phd., Lecturer, Kings College London
  • Jean-Pierre DucellierSelf - Dr., author 'The Amiens Raid: Secrets Revealed'
  • Hiroshi YamagamiSelf - Standard Bearer, 58th Infantry Regiment
  • Laurence HintonReconstruction Actor
  • Maxwell SparksSelf - Pilot Officer
  • Albert JordanSelf - 506th Field Company Royal Engineers
  • Bill SmylySelf - 2nd Gurka Rifles
  • Donald EastenSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Ray EllisSelf - Author, 'Once a Hussar'
  • Allan ShawSelf - Ordinary Seaman, S.S. Ohio
  • Stuart CarrSelf - Navigator, Y Patrol
  • Morty SoutarSelf - Phd, Military Historian
  • Doug CharltonSelf - Private R Company, 1st Parachute Brigade
  • Mike MorganSelf - Author, 'Sting of the Scorpion'
  • Alec GibsonSelf - 3rd Gurka Rifles
  • Michael WoodsSelf - Nephew of Charles Pickard
  • Peter HenlySelf - Mosquito Display Pilot
  • Tom GriffinSelf - Navigator; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Bob HiteSelf - Co-Pilot; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Andrew StewartSelf - Phd, Kings College London
  • Ed SaylorSelf - Engineer; awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Peter DoresaSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Leslie CrouchSelf - 4th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment
  • Hans StrehlauSelf - Former SS Sergeant, Survivor Operation Hannibal
  • Nick GordonRAF commander
  • Nick DavidsonDirector / Producer
  • Jonathan ElliotDirector / Writer / Producer
  • Chris LethbridgeDirector / Producer
  • Joshua WhiteheadDirector / Producer
  • Shane BowlerProducer
  • Jonathan ElliottProducer

 

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