Mapping the road to safety

Dunkirk: Following the battle and evacuation of Allied troops which ended on June 4, 1940, the Gaelic soldiers’ regiment is depleted.

Vadriecourt, east of Abbeville, France: After five days of fighting, the regiment is captured by German forces on June 7.

Between Bethune and Cambrien, France: The trio make their initial escape while other prisoners fight for a share of the water supply.

Rouen, France: The soldiers confuse the German commander and his interpreters by speaking in Gaelic and are set free.

Ukraine, then a part of the USSR: The location the soldiers point out as their home when shown an atlas.

Amiens, Angers, Bordeaux, Bayonne, France: The route the soldiers take on their way to Spain. At Bayonne, they are detained. The following morning, they are let go after telling the guards they are Irish Americans on their way to the American consulate in San Sebastian.

Spain-France border: The Scots evade suspicion at the border by crossing into Spain via a river and only narrowly avoid being swept out to sea.

A city believed to be San Sebastian, Spain: The Gaelic trio find the British consulate and are put up in a farmhouse in the hills while they await the sailing of a steamer to take them home.

Once out of Spanish waters, the trio are transferred to a British warship and return to Scotland via the River Clyde.