Plot Synopsis

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. In this series, Hazen retraces 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. In the series opener, "POW Jungle Escape," Hazen 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.