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This is the definitive documentary of the war that changed the world, breathtaking in its scope, incredible in its authenticity and featuring the most extraordinary combat footage ever captured ...
Nov 11, 2022 · Eisenhower tours the Italian Front in December, 1943. The terrain and weather make life difficult for Allied troops.
- 20 min
- 324
- Kevin Wiblin
Jan 30, 2021 · The film dissolves from the surrender to Hitler in his early years of power, follows the rise of Nazism through the Munich Pact, the attack on Poland, the fall of France, and the Battle of Britain...
- 24 min
- 3.5K
- Kevin Wiblin
Find out how and where to watch "Crusade in Europe" on Netflix and Prime Video today - including free options.
- William C. Zubiller
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- Middle East & Muslim World
- The Spread of The Crusades
- The Catholic Church
- Byzantine Empire
- Europe
- Into The Modern Era
The immediate geopolitical results of the crusades was the recapture of Jerusalem on 15 July 1099 CE, but to ensure the Holy City stayed in Christian hands it was necessary that various western settlements were established in the Levant (collectively known as the Latin East, the Crusader States or Outremer). For their defence, a steady supply of ne...
The crusader movement spread to Spain where, in the 11th-13th century CE, attacks were made against the Muslim Moors there, the so-called Reconquista (Reconquest). Prussia and the Baltic (the Northern Crusades), North Africa, and Poland, amongst many other places, would also witness crusading armies from the 12th up to the 15th century CE as the cr...
The success of the First Crusade and the image that popes directed the affairs of the whole Christian world helped the Papacy gain supremacy over the Hohenstaufen emperors. The Catholic Church had also created a new fast-track entry into heaven with the promise that crusaders would enjoy an immediate remission of their sins - military service and p...
The crusades caused a rupture in western-Byzantine relations. First, there was the Byzantine's horror at unruly groups of warriors causing havoc in their territory. Outbreaks of fighting between crusaders and Byzantine forces were common, and the mistrust and suspicion of their intentions grew. It was a troublesome relationship that only got worse,...
The power of the royal houses of Europe and the centralisation of government increased thanks to an increase in taxes, the acquisition of wealth in the Middle East, and the imposition of tariffs on trade. The death of many nobles during crusades and the fact that many mortgaged their land to the crown in order to pay for their campaigns and those o...
The crusades cast a very long shadow indeed, with works of art, literature and even wars endlessly recalling the imagery, ideals, successes and disasters of the holy wars into the 21st century CE. There was a process of hero-worship, even in medieval times, of such figures as Saladin and Richard the Lionhearted who were praised not only for their m...
- Mark Cartwright
Nov 13, 2019 · Six experts discuss whether the events of the crusades continue to affect lives and politics in the region and around the globe today
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General Eisenhower starts intensive planning for the great cross-channel invasion of the Nazi fortress of Europe. Film highlights the importance, to German war production, of the Ruhr area. In England, thousands of troops and large quantities of equipment vital to the success of the assault arrived, as the time for the invasion grew near.
