Narrow Escapes of WWII Season 1 Episode 11 Evacuation in the Baltic ( Air Date 2015-05-24 ) Genre Documentary, War & Politics category. Overview "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.".