WWII’s Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails

Monty heads to Slovenia to retrace one of the most daring, yet unknown, escapes of Allied prisoners during the Second World War, made possible with the help of ordinary people.

Monty follows the route taken by prisoner of war Len Harley, who spent months on the run before braving snow, ice, and Nazi patrols to escape over the mountains of the Majella.

Monty's journey takes him over precipitous ridges of the Marble Mountains and through the formidable Gothic Line, following the route the SAS took after their successful mission.

Monty treks one of the toughest and most famous trails out of Nazi occupied France, taking him through the valleys and passes of the Pyrenees mountain range and into Spain.