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Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 11

Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 11

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Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 11: A Scottish soldier who hiked 200 miles through the Libyan desert without water or supplies recalls Ronald Moore, the leader of his party. With the Italians preparing to invade Egypt in the summer of 1940, the British armys Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) causes havoc far behind the front. But after an LRDG patrol is attacked, a tough New Zealander named Ron Moore leads the survivors barefoot through the desert, 300 miles from Allied lines. Pat Clayton, the model for the character played by Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient. Clayton’s unit […]

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Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 3

Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 3

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Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 3: The Chindits were the army’s elite jungle troops who beat the Japanese in a daring mission. Hear their jaw-dropping story. To take on the undefeated “supermen” of the Japanese army advancing toward India, the British call on Orde Wingate, who forms a special “Chindits” unit for sabotage inside Japanese-controlled Burma. 1943, Orde Wingate was an extraordinary British General, forming the Chindits as the Japanese appeared to be planning to invade India. They marched deep into the jungles of Burma to destroy Japanese supply lines and disrupt their advance. Remarkable eyewitness interviews, of

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