Captured Behind Enemy Lines
- Episode aired Oct 8, 2021
Part of Jungles Week on WW2TV No-one meeting Frank Berkovitch, a quiet, reserved tailor, could have guessed that he had served with the Chindits in Burma and suffered prolonged Japanese capt... Read allPart of Jungles Week on WW2TV No-one meeting Frank Berkovitch, a quiet, reserved tailor, could have guessed that he had served with the Chindits in Burma and suffered prolonged Japanese captivity. Yet not only had he fought as a Bren-gunner on Operation Longcloth, their first dee... Read allPart of Jungles Week on WW2TV No-one meeting Frank Berkovitch, a quiet, reserved tailor, could have guessed that he had served with the Chindits in Burma and suffered prolonged Japanese captivity. Yet not only had he fought as a Bren-gunner on Operation Longcloth, their first deep penetration mission, but he was the legendary General Orde Wingate's batman. Today we he... Read all