Fortress
S01:E01 - Episode 1
Fort de Mutzig is not just a fortress. With arrmored turrets, reinforced concrete and electric systems shaped fortification's future.
S01:E02 - Episode 2
We explore two of the greatest: Denmark's royal Kronborg Castle and the Netherlands' Bourtange, walking their ramparts, gun positions, and halls.
S01:E03 - Episode 3
Fort Douaumont the jewel of Verdun's defenses and symbol of French national pride. It fell to a single German soldier without a shot fired.
S01:E04 - Episode 4
Fort de Mutzig was not just a fortress, it was pinitol to the development of modern forts.
S01:E05 - Episode 5
Denmark's largest ever construction—a ring of forts encircling Copenhagen, ironically armed by German manufacturers.
S01:E06 - Episode 6
Most of Europe's great forts were scrapped after WW2—but Fort de Tancrémont near Liège survived intact.
S01:E07 - Episode 7
Villey-le-Sec is history's last fortified village armored with massive rotating gun domes still in place as originally built.
S01:E08 - Episode 8
Fort de Loncin, a masterpiece by Henri Brialmont, was destroyed by a single German 405mm shell in 1914.