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Besieged Fortresses
Built at strategic points and fitted with impressive defenses, fortresses are thought to be impenetrable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
S2, EP4 "Constantinople: The Emperor's Last Stand"
Sultan Mehmed leads an army, and a stunning new superweapon, against a last remnant of Christianity.
S2, EP3 "The Great Siege of Malta"
Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, wants control of the Mediterranean Sea.
S2, EP2 "Rhodes: The Ultimate Battle"
Despite an overwhelming force of men, the Ottomans, led by Soliman are unable to shake the fortifications of Rhodes.
S2, EP1 "Acre: Clash of the Titans"
When 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.
