Were there’s a war, there’s a prisoners of war (POW) camps. At least since the Geneva Convention.
American pilot shot down over Laos is put into prisonder of war camp in the jungle, but soon he realizes that the only chance to survive is escape.
Germans gather all the Allied officers that frequently try to escape from the POW camps in one place - built from the scratch to prevent any escapes. But the Allied soldiers not only will attempt to escape, but they have plan for largest escape Germans have ever seen before.
The fate of Australian nurses and nuns trapped on the New Britain island after the Japanese invasion.
Captain Jack Connor is sent to McKenzie POW camp in Scotland, the camp commander struggles to keep the German prisoners under control and Connor is delegated to ease the situation.
Eric Lomax can talk for hours about his life passion - the railways. The only thing he can’t talk about is what happened to him during the war, when he was forced to build the Burma Railway.
Three steelworkers leave their small town in Pennsylvania to join the army. The Vietnam War changes their lives forever.
During First World War the fate crosses paths of two officers, Frenchman Captain de Boeldieu and German von Rauffenstein, they meet in two different places, in different circumstances, but both try to aspire to their aristocratic morality in the times of war.
Polish soldier that involuntary keeps getting in hot water during the World War 2.
Story of British officer that took every chance to escape from the Stalags.
In prisoners of war camp the Americans try to figure out which one of them is passing informations to Germans.
While Germans are working on their secret weapon Allied intelligence tries to gain access to their high security base.
British prisoners arrive to the construction site of bridge that will help the Japanese transport their troops to Burma. Their slave work will help enemy, but at the same time the sabotage will mean death.
French commandant of the camp, where refugees from Nazi Germany are kept, risks a lot to save them from being sent back to Germans, who just invaded France.
Biography of Louie Zamperini from 1930s, when he was noted athlete, all through the World War 2. From the fame as a runner for national team to the brutal reality of Japanese POW camp.
American soldier organizes the Filipino guerrillas to disrupt the Japanese occupation and prepare ground for Allied invasion.
British scientist is put into POW camp and the officers are trying to find the way to send him back to England.
After French Resistance kills German officer the occupant decide to retaliate by killing civilian prisoners.
Colonel Lam is given special mission behind enemy lines - his target is bunker in Vietnam filled with rockets left by the US Army after evacuation in 1975.
During World War 2 Germans organize the propaganda football match against team formed of Allied players that are captives in the prisoners of war camps in France.
In September 1939 Germans invade Poland, but just two weeks later Soviet army attack Poland from the east and Polish civilians and soldiers are trapped between two empires. The fate of Polish officers is sealed once they are arrested by NKVD.
German prisoners of war agree to work for American intelligence at the end of World War 2, but their reasons are completely different.
When murder is commited in the prisoners of war camp the trial has to take place and young Lieutenant Hart will have to face a tricky challenge.
Veteran commandos John Rambo is given the chance to be pardoned for his actions if he will take up a risky mission in jungles of Southeast Asia.
World War 2 has ended and unit of Japanese soldiers is interned in Allied prisoners of war camp. For them the war is over, but still there are Imperial soldiers around willing to fight until death.
Teenage boy has to find a way to survive in internment camp when he is separated from his parents during the evacuation from Shanghai.
Colonel Jason Rhodes, tired of waiting for his son to be released from POW camp in Vietnam, sets up a team of veterans to storm into the camp and release him.
Chaudard, Pitivier and Tassin are again cut off from their unit, but this time by mistake they end up in castle used by Germans to keep high rank officers and they try to find a way to escape.
British prisoners on Java are under command of Colonel Lawrence, who tries his best to keep the peace between POWs and guards. Arrival of Major Celliers destroys the frail balance between the two sides.
American submarine is sent on a patrol mission to spot Japanese fleet heading for Coral Sea.