Defending Europe (2024)

Season 1

Exploring defensive strategies, weapons and structures used across Europe over 2,000 years, shedding light on forgotten histories that shaped modern borders.

Released Sept. 16, 2024 Episode 60 min None+

Genres: Documentary, War

Keywords: tmdb.europe, tmdb.war, imdb.military-and-war-documentary, imdb.military-defense, imdb.battle, imdb.combat, imdb.europe + 4 more, imdb.history-documentary, imdb.warfare, imdb.military, imdb.european-history

Production Companies: Zinc Media

Network: National Geographic Channel

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb 4243

7.3

/47/

Trakt

/3/

TMDb

/6/

S1E1 - Finland

Maritime archaeologist Andy Torbet investigates an ancient sea fortress that was crucial to Finland and military historian Alex Churchill investigates a stolen Soviet tank and the Molotov Cocktail.

Sept. 16, 2024, midnight

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S1E2 - Britain

How Britain has defended its coastline for nearly a thousand years since the Norman invasion – seeing off threats from Napoleon to Hitler.

Sept. 16, 2024, midnight

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S1E3 - Poland

The story of how Poland, one of the most invaded countries in Europe, has survived against all the odds.

Sept. 16, 2024, midnight

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S1E4 - The Netherlands

The story of how the Netherlands, locked in a constant battle with water, has harnessed this threat to become a powerful European player.

Sept. 16, 2024, midnight

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S1E5 - France

Discovering how France constructed ingenious fortifications, on a massive scale, to defend itself against attacks from the east.

Sept. 16, 2024, midnight

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S1E6 - Spain

The impressive fortifications and defensive strategies used during Spain’s dramatic history of conflict, from the Middle Ages to the Civil War.

Sept. 16, 2024, midnight

National Geographic Channel

60 min/ep

360 min

Sept. 16, 2024

Sept. 16, 2024, midnight

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