In the days following Hitler’s last public sighting, an order came to flood Berlin’s subway system...
...an act that some speculate was to cover the fuhrer’s tracks as he fled the city via its underground rail tunnels.
Researchers claim to have found evidence that a secret passage linked the Fuhrerbunker to the Luftbrücke U-Bahn stop.
Rumors suggest Hitler may have made a dramatic escape by train to an airplane waiting at Tempelhof airport.
It is thought that Hitler could have been transferred to the German submarine U-977 that reached Argentina after the war...
During WWII, Germany converted the Renaissance castle Colditz into the high-security POW camp, Oflag IV.C.
Colditz was located on the side of a cliff, and Allied officers caught escaping from other camps were sent to the castle.
Using plans found in the prison library, several British RAF pilots secretly built a 2-seat glider in the castle attic.
A rope attached to a falling bathtub was intended to launch a 30 mph (50 km/h) escape flight over the river below.
The “Colditz Cock,” however, never got a chance to fly, as prisoners heard the sound of Allied guns before the planned escape.
Built on top of the railroad tracks of New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, the Waldorf Astoria has a secret platform...
...allowing VIP and presidential guests clandestine rail access and emergency exit from the city.
FDR famously used the platform to hide his physical frailty and use of a wheelchair from the public.
Special modifications were made to allow FDR to drive on and off an elevator to his train in his Pierce-Arrow bullet proof limo.
In 2002, the abandoned platform was reactivated as a potential escape route to an undisclosed location for President Bush...
As only the Queen could appoint a new Prime Minister in the event of a nuclear attack on Parliament, her security was vital...
...so during the Cold War, secret plans were made to turn her yacht, Britannia, into a floating nuclear bunker.
British intelligence believed their existing underground sites had been compromised and wanted to keep the Queen on the move.
Under the “PYTHON system,” the HMY Britannia was to evacuate the Queen to the sea lochs of Scotland...
...hiding from radar in the shadow of coastal mountains and changing location under the cover of night.
When the US president travels on Air Force One, he is always followed by an identical aircraft less than 30 minutes away.
The backup will land at an undisclosed location to be available for emergency extraction in case of malfunction or attack.
In high-security situations, the 2nd Air Force One will also act as a decoy to hide the president’s true travel plans.
The same decoy and escape principles are used by Marine One, which travels in a pack of 3 helicopters to hide the president.
It has long been denied that Air Force One has an escape pod, but true details of its security features remain classified.