W/O. GT Woodroofe
In this episode we look at the escape of W/O. Gordon Thomson Woodroofe, an inveterate escaper who spent three years giving the Germans the run around, escaping multiple times, until eventually making ...
21 Jan 202250min
Sgt. H Dalby
Another POW who was captured on Crete, he endured a gruelling time in camp before escaping and making his way by rowing boat across the Aegean Sea to Turkey.For You The War Is Over is a podcast that l...
14 Jan 202231min
AC1 J Gewelber
Captured while working as a translator on Crete, Gewelber was to make multiple escape attempts despite the risk to his life as a Jewish Prisoner-of-War. He eventually suceeded in escaping from Heydekr...
7 Jan 202233min
Maj. AJ Deane-Drummond
Second in this double-header, we look at Deane-Drummond's other successful escape, this time from Arnhem during Operation Market Garden.For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life...
27 Dec 202129min
Lt. AJ Deane-Drummond
First of a double-header, we look at the first escape of Anthony Deane-Drummond, the only man to successfully escape twice during the Second World War.Seconded to the SAS for Operation Colossus, he es...
17 Dec 202130min
W/Cmdr. BE Embry
This episode looks at the escape of Wing Commander Basil Embry, who made his escape after seeing a road sign pointing to the village of "Embry". Taking it as a good omen, he made his escape through Fr...
10 Dec 202152min
Sq/Ldr. McAuley, Fl/Sgt. Nightingale and CQMS Cook
In this episode we look at what may be the shortest escape of the war, both in timeframe and distance. But that also make it one of the most interesting!For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks...
3 Dec 202139min
Lt/Cmdr. RM Prior
In this episode we look at Lieutenant Commander Redvers Prior. A First World War Navy veteran, he was one of our oldest escapers when he escaped from a hospital train in August 1942, when his adventur...
26 Nov 202139min
