Greatest Escapes of WWII Episode #1.4 (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Greatest Escapes of WWII

Episode #1.4 (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

A Russian soldier leads a desperate breakout from a secret Nazi death camp, and Operation Chicken, a plan to flee from an escape proof Japanese prison camp

Writer

Jo Townsend

Editor

Andrew Campiutti

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Updated May 20, 2025

Release date

May 20, 2025 (United Kingdom)

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Paul David-Goddard Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Olivia Newton-John: Hopelessly Devoted to You (2018)
Kate Vigurs Self - Historian (as Dr. Kate Vigurs) Self - Historian (as Dr. Kate Vigurs) See fewer	Greatest Escapes of WWII (2025)
Mat McLachlan Self - Battlefield Historian Self - Battlefield Historian See fewer	Nazi Mega Weapons (2013)
Keith Warren Lloyd Self - Author and Historian Self - Author and Historian See fewer	Hitler's Reluctant Emissaries: German POWs in the United States
Victoria Taylor Self - Aviation Historian (as Dr. Victoria Taylor) Self - Aviation Historian (as Dr. Victoria Taylor) See fewer	Luftkrieg (2025)
Robert M. Kaplan Self - Forensic Psychiatrist (as Associate Professor Robert M. Kaplan) Self - Forensic Psychiatrist (as Associate Professor Robert M. Kaplan) See fewer	Hitler's Secret Sex Life (2021)
Reinhard Heydrich Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Heinrich Himmler Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Victory of the Faith (1933)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)