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This episode from the History Channel series provides viewers with an insider look at U.S. Army engineers planning an assault on an enemy fortress. The program also chronicles the history of sieges and examines strategies, such as "undermining," which involved literally mining or tunneling beneath the walls of a fortress, causing the ground and subsequently the walls, to collapse. Also included is a catalog of weapons used through the ages, from battering rams and catapults to high-tech, modern siege engines. Expert historians provide commentary.