Line of Fire - Season 2 Episode 13 The Third Crusade (1187)
Season - Episode
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3 - 1The Battle of Edgehill (1642) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 2The Battle of Naseby (1645) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 3The Battle of Bannockburn May 11, 2011 -
3 - 4The Battle of Marston Moor (1644) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 5Viking! The Norse Raiders May 11, 2011 -
3 - 6The Battle of Hastings (1066) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 7Caesar Conqueror of Gaul (52 BC) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 8The Roman Conquests of Britain (55 BC) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 9The Conquests of Alexander May 11, 2011 -
3 - 10Hannibal's Great Triumph (216 BC) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 11The Spartan Wars (490 BC) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 12Disaster for Athens (404 BC) May 11, 2011 -
3 - 13Episode 13 May 18, 2011
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2 - 1The Retreat from Mons Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 2Cambrai (1917) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 3Gallipoli (1915) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 4The Somme (1916) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 5The Battle of Gettysburg (1863) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 6Balaclava (1854) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 7The Battle of Waterloo Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 8The Battle of Borodino (1812) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 9The Battle of Trafalgar (1805) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 10The Battle of Austerlitz (1805) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 11The Battle of Agincourt (1415) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 12The Battle of Culloden (1746) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 13The Third Crusade (1187) Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 14Episode 14 Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 15Episode 15 Dec 31, 2002 -
2 - 16Ramesses Warrior Pharaoh Dec 31, 2002
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1 - 1Arnhem (1944) Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 2El Alamein (1942) Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 3Normandy (1944) Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 4Monte Cassino Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 5Stalingrad Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 6Battle of Berlin (1945) Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 7The Kaiser's Battle (1918) Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 8Battle of the Bulge Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 9Goose Green (1982) Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 10The Fall of Port Stanley (1982) Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 11The Six Day War (1967) Dec 31, 2002 -
1 - 12The Gulf War (1990) Dec 31, 2002
Overview
Proclaimed by Pope Gregory VIII, the Third Crusade set out to reclaim Jerusalem from Saladin, the sultan of Egypt and Syria, who had seized it after the battle of Hittin in 1187. Led by the three great leaders of western Christendom Richard I, Frederick I and Philip II, the Crusaders left home with high hopes and expectations. Their hopes, however, would be dashed and expectations would largely go unmet. Frederick drowned before even reaching the Holy Land and as a consequence the German effort fell apart. Tensions between the English and the French saw Philip return home early. The siege of Acre was brought to a successful conclusion in 1191 and there was a morale-boosting victory over Saladin's armies at Arsuf during the same year, but by the time domestic problems forced Richard to return home 1192, Jerusalem was still in Muslim hands.