Narrow Escapes of WWII — Season 1, Episode 7: Breakout Through Hell's Gate

Episode synopsis

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Doolittle Raid
• E2Wingate and the Chindits
• E3The Black Battalion Holds the Line
• E4Manstein Holds the Line
• E5Lucky Laycock's Escape from Crete
• E6The Amiens Raid
• E8The Road of Bones
• E9Morshead Holds Tobruk
• E10The Real Bridge Too Far
• E11Evacuation in the Baltic
• E12Operation Pedestal
• E13Moore's March