The Siege of Acre: The Last Battle of the Crusades

The desperate, violent last stand that ended two centuries of crusading in the Holy Land. We hear how, outnumbered, divided and desperate, the Christian defenders decided to fight to the bitter end against the Mamluk forces of Al-Ashraf Khalil at the Siege of Acre For this series, we're joined by Steve Tibble, author of many books on the Crusades, including 'The Crusader Strategy: Defending the Holy Land' . Produced by James Hickmann and McKenna Fernandez, and edited by Jhenelle White. We need your help! Let us know what you want from Dan Snow's History Hit by filling in our anonymous survey here: Dan Snow's History Hit is now available on YouTube! Check it out at: Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at . You can also email the podcast directly at ds.hh@historyhit.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Siege of Acre: The Last Battle of the Crusades is an episode from Dan Snow's HISTORY HIT by History Hit.

This episode is 36:34 long.

This episode was published on Apr 16, 2026.

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