Summary The team travels to Holland, and the astonishing man-made shoreline of the Netherlands. Nick Crane explores how Dutch engineers created massive coastal defences following the great North Sea floods in 1953, which killed thousands of people. Nick also discovers how, during the Second World War, traitors from the British Indian Army took part in the Nazi occupation of the tiny isle of Texel - the unlikely site for the last battle in Europe of the Second World War. Historian Tessa Dunlop investigates how the tulip trade nearly bankrupted the country 400 years ago, and Mark Horton finds out about a project to reclaim an area of land bigger than Greater London from the sea.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Neil Oliver Nicholas Crane Mark Horton Miranda Krestovnikoff
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jun 18, 2011
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : The Open University BBC Birmingham
Summary The team travels to Holland, and the astonishing man-made shoreline of the Netherlands. Nick Crane explores how Dutch engineers created massive coastal defences following the great North Sea floods in 1953, which killed thousands of people. Nick also discovers how, during the Second World War, traitors from the British Indian Army took part in the Nazi occupation of the tiny isle of Texel - the unlikely site for the last battle in Europe of the Second World War. Historian Tessa Dunlop investigates how the tulip trade nearly bankrupted the country 400 years ago, and Mark Horton finds out about a project to reclaim an area of land bigger than Greater London from the sea.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jun 18, 2011
Countries of origin : United Kingdom
Language : English
Production companies : The Open University BBC Birmingham
