Narrow Escapes of WWII
Season 1, Episode 7: Breakout Through Hell's Gate
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With 60,000 German soldiers surrounded by the Russian army, this is the story of the heroic rearguard action that allowed thousands of troops to escape.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
The Doolittle Raid
Episode 2
Wingate and the Chindits
Episode 3
The Black Battalion Holds the Line
Episode 4
Manstein Holds the Line
Episode 5
Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete
Episode 6
The Amiens Raid
Episode 7
Breakout Through Hell's Gate
Episode 8
The Road of Bones
Episode 9
Morshead Holds Tobruk
Episode 10
The Real Bridge Too Far
Episode 11
Evacuation in the Baltic
Episode 12
Operation Pedestal
Episode 13
Moore's March