Discovery Channel - Great Escapes and Prison Breaks (2000) Part 8 Escape Stories Home Run

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 8: Escape Stories: Home Run

These are the compelling stories of fighting men who, against all the odds, made dramatic escapes from captivity during World War II. Whichever side they fought for, one thing united them: the dream of rejoining their brothers of arms and taking the fight back to the enemy. These escapers displayed extraordinary cunning and fearlesness, they pushed both themselves and their luck to the limit in order to break out and make the home run back to their own countries. Great escapes during World War II include a breakout from a Japanese POW camp in the Philippines and an escape from Nazi Stalag Luft III by Allied forces. Also: a Luftwaffe pilot who fled a British POW camp.

HOME RUN * The Great Escape * Forth Down * The One That Got Away * Escape from Colditz

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