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  • DEFENDING EUROPE

  • Monday 7 July 2025 at 7:00PM
  • National Geographic

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Defending Europe explores the incredible ways different countries have protected their borders over the past 1000 years.

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  • Defending Europe: Finland
    How a small Finnish force beat the Red Army in the Second World War, and how Finns are preparing for war now, with nuclear bunkers and urban warfare.
  • Defending Europe: Britain
    How Britain has defended its coastline for nearly a thousand years since the Norman invasion – seeing off threats from Napoleon to Hitler.
  • Defending Europe: Poland
    The story of how Poland, one of the most invaded countries in Europe, has survived against all the odds.
  • Defending Europe: 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.
  • Defending Europe: France
    Discovering how France constructed ingenious fortifications, on a massive scale, to defend itself against attacks from the east.
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    Monday 7 July 2025 at 9:00AM - National Geographic
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  • Defending Europe: Spain
    The impressive fortifications and defensive strategies used during Spain’s dramatic history of conflict, from the Middle Ages to the Civil War.
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