Narrow Escapes of WWII

Season 1 • Episode 11: Evacuation in the Baltic • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 11: Evacuation in the Baltic

May 24, 2015 • 60 min

As the war enters its final months, the nearly 2 million Germans living in East Prussia flee an advancing Red Army no longer distinguishing between German soldiers and civilians. Hundreds of thousands make for the Baltic ports--the start of the single biggest evacuation of WWII.

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