The Great Escape - Per Bergsland

The Great Escape - Per Bergsland

Per Bergsland, also known as 'Peter Rockland', was one of just three Great Escapers who managed to complete a 'Home Run', getting to neutral Sweden with his escape partner, Jens Muller, within just five days.

For You The War Is Over is a podcast that looks at the real life stories of Prisoner-of-War escapes from the the Second World War. Hosted by Dave Robertson and Tony Hoskins, each episode looks at a new escape.

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The Great Escape - Johnny Stower

The Great Escape - Johnny Stower

Tony Hoskins looked at the life of Johnny Stower, a British, Argentinian born, bomber pilot, who made repeated escape attempts, including an unlucky effort in which he was recaptured having made it al...

26 Juni 202531min

The Great Escape - Ivo Tonder

The Great Escape - Ivo Tonder

Ivo Tonder was one of the few Great Escapers from an occupied country to survive the experience, but the Great Escape was far from his only escape, before, during and after the war! We were joined by ...

19 Juni 202545min

The Great Escape - Stanisław Król

The Great Escape - Stanisław Król

Alina Nowobilska, a historian of Poland during the Second World War and host of the 'Moments in Time' podcast, joined us to tell us about the life and escape of Stanisław Król, who escaped with Sydney...

12 Juni 202549min

The Great Escape - Sydney Dowse

The Great Escape - Sydney Dowse

To look at Sydney Dowse, of 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, we were joined by legendary Queen guitarist, Sir Brian May, and author and historian, Denis Pellerin, both of the London Stereoscopic Co...

5 Juni 202542min

The Great Escape - Bram Vanderstok

The Great Escape - Bram Vanderstok

In the Great Escape three of the prisoners of war successfully managed a Home Run, and in the first of our episodes to feature one of those three we look at Bram Vanderstok. A Dutch escaper, he took s...

29 Maj 202538min

Bonus Episode - Capt. RH Bridgeman-Evans (Special Guest: Damien Lewis)

Bonus Episode - Capt. RH Bridgeman-Evans (Special Guest: Damien Lewis)

For the launch of his new book, "SAS: Great Escapes Four" we were re-joined by author and historian, Damien Lewis, to share with us the story of Captain Roy Bridgeman-Evans of the SAS, who was capture...

25 Maj 202536min

The Great Escape - Dennis Cochran

The Great Escape - Dennis Cochran

Our regular host, Tony Hoskins, takes a look at the life of Great Escaper, Dennis Cochran, a Londoner who was actually born Dennis Cockram. While this name change created some difficulty when research...

22 Maj 202525min

The Great Escape - Gordon Kidder

The Great Escape - Gordon Kidder

Erin Gregory, the Curator at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, joined us to look into the life and escape of her fellow Canadian, Gordon Kidder, who was a linguistics expert, and who teamed up wit...

15 Maj 202540min

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