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Explore the universal drama of war: why leaders and soldiers pick up arms to fight, the technologies that have determined outcomes, the tragedies and triumphs of history’s great battles.
Besieged Fortresses
S1, EP1 "The Siege of La Rochelle, the Battle of the Megastructures"The Siege of La Rochelle (1627-28) climaxes the Protestant Huguenot rebellion against the French crown and leads to the rise of the absolute monarchy.
Besieged Fortresses
S1 "The Siege of Orléans, Joan's Fortress"French forces defend Orleans from an English army during a violent and pitiless siege between 1428 and 1429 during the Hundred Years' War.
Besieged Fortresses
S1 "The Daunting Fortress of Richard the Lionheart"English King Richard the Lionheart builds a formidable castle along France's Seine River to assert his supremacy over his rich and strategic lands in Normandy.
Besieged Fortresses
S1, EP4 "The Siege of Alesia, Caesar's Greatest Victory"A look at the siege of Alesia, a great battle between the Gauls and Romans that brought thousands of soldiers to the plains of France and is a classic example of siege warfare.
Empire Builders: Mexico
S1, EP1 "The Spanish Conquest"The Spanish Conquest laid the groundwork for 300 years of colonial rule, which made Spain the richest country in Europe and divided Mexico with a class system.
Empire Builders: Mexico
S1, EP2 "The War of Independence"The War of Independence results in the loss of almost half of Mexico's territory to the U.S. and decades of instability; uprising led by priests Hidalgo and Morelos; the role of Gen. Antonio López de Santa Ana.
Empire Builders: Mexico
S1, EP3 "Civil War: Church Versus State"The conflict between church and state leads to civil war and a French invasion; Maximillian is defeated and executed.
Empire Builders: Mexico
S1, EP4 "The Mexican Revolution"Exploring the Mexican Revolution in the early part of the last century; the roles of revolutionaries Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Venustiano Carranza and Álvaro Obregón.