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Besieged Fortresses, Battles of Legend (Forteresses assiégées, batailles de légende)
Overview
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Seasons
Season 1 (2019)
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4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Siege of La Rochelle
2019-05-30La Rochelle. It's hard to believe that 400 years ago, this popular seaside destination was the scene of one of the bloodiest sieges in the history of France, and for the Catholic King, Louis XIII, it was the last stronghold needing to be abolished…
Runtime: 52 minEpisode 2: The Siege of Orleans, Joan’s Fortress
2020-12-29It is the most striking event in the Hundred Year War. Between 1428 and 1429, Orleans was subject to a violent and pitiless siege. Hidden away in the extraordinary walled enclosure, for 7 months, the French resisted an English army that was bent on…
Runtime: 52 minEpisode 3: The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart
2020-12-29To protect his rich and strategic lands in France, the English king, Richard the Lionheart, decided to build an impregnable castle to bar the route along the Seine, thus asserting his supremacy in Normandy. Four years later, France’s King Philip besieged the site at the head of an army of 6,000 men.
Runtime: 52 minEpisode 4: Alesia, Romans against Gauls: The Decisive Battle
2020-12-29After six years of fighting, the Gauls and Romans gave this battle their all. Thousands of warriors came together on the plain. A great battle was about to commence
Runtime: 52 minSeason 2 (2023)
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4 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Acre: Clash of the Titans
2023-03-18When Saladin invades Jerusalem, Philip Augustus and Richard the Lionheart put their rivalry aside to fight for Saint-John of Acre, a highly strategic port in the Holy land. At the head of 25,000 men, the former enemies take on the Sultan in the first battle of the Third Crusade.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 2: Rhodes: The Ultimate Battle
2023-03-18Despite an overwhelming force of 180,000 men, the Ottomans, led by Soliman are unable to shake the fortifications of Rhodes. They then organize a massive maritime blockade and an underground mining mission. Will it be enough to infiltrate the island and defeat the Knights Hospitaller?
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 3: The Great Siege of Malta
2023-03-18Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, wants total control of the Mediterranean Sea. Only the island of Malta, home to the militant order of the Knights Hospitaller, stands in his way. In their fortress, 1700 Christian knights now face an armada of 300 galleys and 35,000 men.
Runtime: N/A minEpisode 4: Constantinople: The Emperor’s Last Stand
2023-03-18Constantinople, the jewel of the Byzantine Empire, has stood for a thousand years. Now, Sultan Mehmed II leads an army, and a stunning new superweapon, against this last remnant of Christianity in the East. But Emperor Constantin XI knows his fortress and will fight to the death to keep it.
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