S1 E5 ∙ Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete ∙
Death-defying tales from WWII. How legendary Major-General Robert 'Lucky' Laycock rallied his ill-equipped unit to see off a German attack on Crete.
All episodes for series 1 of Narrow Escapes of World War II
S1 E1 · The Amiens Raid
An account of one of the most daring raids of WWII.
S1 E2 · The Doolittle Raid
Hear first-hand about America's astonishing first air raid on the Japanese archipelago.
S1 E3 · Wingate and the Chindits
Featuring the Chindits, the British army's troops who beat the Japanese in a mission.
S1 E4 · The Black Battalion
Details of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, a depleted unit of black soldiers.
S1 E5 · Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete
How Major-General Robert Laycock rallied his ill-equipped unit to see off a German attack.
S1 E6 · Manstein Holds the Line
How Erich Von Manstein's escape from the Red Army became the basis of NATO's defence plans
S1 E7 · The Siege of Kohima
How outnumbered British troops held back Japanese forces at the key Burmese town of Kohima
S1 E8 · Roy Urqhart's Escape from Arnhem
How Major-General Urquhart survived the doomed British attack on Arnhem.
S1 E9 · Morshead Holds Tobruk
How Leslie Morshead and his troops held off Rommel's Afrika Korps at the port of Tobruk.
S1 E10 · Evacuation in the Baltics
WWII's largest evacuation saw millions of people whisked away in a German operation.
S1 E11 · Moore's March
A soldier who hiked through the Libyan desert without supplies recalls his troop leader.
S1 E12 · Operation Pedestal
Tanker master Dudley Mason's vital role in securing Malta in the face of Nazi bombardment.
S1 E13 · Breakout Through Hell's Gate
How some Finns, Estonians and Belgians held off the three million-strong Russian army.
