Discovery Channel - Great Escapes and Prison Breaks (2000) Part 6 Escape Stories Behind Enemy Lines

Whether escaping from a prison or evading an enemy, individuals have shown extraordinary courage and inventiveness during their bids for freedom. “Great Escapes and Prison Breaks” details a number of prison breaks and escapes against the odds, including the mass breakout of Allied airmen from Stalag Luft III, immortalized in the movie The Great Escape.

Part 6: Escape Stories: Behind Enemy Lines

Man's desire to escape imprisonment is overwhelming and this fascinating episode features some of arguably the most daring escapes known to man! The incentive for these men and women to break out was simple - they were all faced with either a lifetime in captivity or certain death and when faced with the reality of their situation they risked everything to regain their liberty. Inocent or guilty they all dispalyed exceptional ingenuity, cunning and endurance to beat the system. Here, in “Escape Stories”, they tell their amazing tales of bravery. Tales of narrow escapes during wartime. Included: Iceal “Gene” Hambleton, whose jet was shot down in Vietnam. Also: a World War I escape from German troops.

BEHIND ENEMY LINES * Bat 21 Bravo * The Double Agent * Box Brown * The Great Train Escape * The Edith Cavell Story

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