The Incredible Escape: Edouard Izac’s 120-Mile Trek
From Medal of Honor: Stories of Courage by Pushkin Industries
May 27, 2026 · 35 min · Season 3 · Episode 2
About this episode
The episode recounts Navy Lieutenant Edouard Izac's daring escape from German captivity during World War I.
During World War I, Navy Lieutenant Edouard Izac was plucked from a lifeboat by a German submarine, where, for weeks, he lived among his captors. After secretly gathering intelligence on the movements of the German fleet, Izac knew this information could change the course of the war and had to be given to the Allies. But first, he had to get out of Germany. He would hurl himself out of a moving train, trek 120 miles through the mountains, and swim across the Rhine, but he would never, ever give up. Binge the full season of Medal of Honor, ad-free, with a Pushkin+ subscription. Sign up and save on the Medal of Honor show page on Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus . Use the code MOH25 for 25% off an annual subscription. Connect with the team! Follow Pushkin on social @pushkinpods Follow JR Martinez @iamjrmartinez Email the team: medalofhonor@pushkin.fm Episode resources: Escape by Dwight R Messimer (Naval Institute Press, 1994) Prisoner of the U-90 by Edouard Victor Isaacs (Houghton Mifflin, 1919) “Oral History: the Recollections of Lieutenant Edouard Victor Isaacs, U.S.N.” by the Department of the Navy, 1918 Medal of Honor by…
Topics covered
- World War I
- military history
- escape stories
- intelligence gathering
- personal courage
Keywords
- Edouard Izac
- World War I
- German submarine
- escape
- intelligence
Sponsors
Pushkin+
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Pushkin Industries, Department of the Navy
Books & works: Escape by Dwight R Messimer, Prisoner of the U-90 by Edouard Victor Isaacs, Oral History: the Recollections of Lieutenant Edouard Victor Isaacs, U.S.N., Medal of Honor by Allen Mikaelian
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