Narrow Escapes of World War II

Narrow Escapes tells the real stories of courageous and deadly fights against impossible odds during World War II.

The killing of the Fascist dictator has fuelled bizarre conspiracy theories.

The attack on Dresden reduced this city to ruins. Were the Allies justified in doing it?

Should Churchill be revered, or condemned?

From Adolf’s Nazi-fighting nephew to the bizarre “life pod” built to keep Churchill safe…

Should Hitler’s wife be thought of as a tragic figure, or a callous character?

What Winston Churchill called “the greatest American battle of the war” began…

Paranoid theory or ugly truth?

Did British PM Neville Chamberlain do the right thing when he negotiated with Hitler?