Hazen Audel travels across the globe to relive some of the most astonishing stories of wilderness survival from World War II. During this brutal conflict, soldiers, sailors and airmen became lost behind enemy lines in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth, beginning epic battles to stay alive. Now Hazen will retrace these journeys in the same locations and armed with the same supplies, to see if he has what it takes to make it out alive.
EPISODE GUIDE
Ultimate Survival WWII: Frozen Nazi Escape
Survivalist Hazen Audel braves the largest plateau in Europe to retrace the white-knuckle escape of Norwegian commandos who thwarted Hitler's creation of an atomic bomb.
Ultimate Survival WWII: Death Railway Escape
Hazen Audel battles the bamboo jungles of Thailand, mirroring the escape of ten prisoners from a brutal, Japanese labour camp along the Thai-Burma 'Death' Railway during WWII.
Survival expert Hazen Audel retraces the extraordinary survival journey of 11 American soldiers who flee a POW camp in the Philippines during WWII. Hazen follows their escape across the jungle island of Palawan-encountering razor-sharp mangrove swamps, treacherous underground cave systems, and deadly, hidden predators. Armed with only the sparse equipment that the soldiers had, Hazen will see if he has what it takes to make it out alive.