Under Siege

Name: Under Siege
Description: Few topics in the history of human conflict capture the popular imagination more than the drama of siege warfare. Whether it is a city, a town, a battalion or a regiment, the blood is stirred by stories of those that have stood behind walls and barricades in a last stand against their attackers.

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Few topics in the history of human conflict capture the popular imagination more than the drama of siege warfare. Whether it is a city, a town, a battalion or a regiment, the blood is stirred by stories of those that have stood behind walls and barricades in a last stand against their attackers.

Ep 148mAlesiaAs resistance to the Roman invasion, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled troops against the Romans and their most inspired commander Julius Caesar.

Ep 247mCiudad RodrigoHere at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.

Ep 347mPetersburgUnion forces should have seized Petersburg in June 1864, but through a mixture of confusion and incompetence they failed and a year-long siege followed.

Ep 447mVerdunAlmost 700, 000 French and German troops had been killed or wounded in this hellish protracted siege that earned the chilling nick-name The Mincer.

Ep 547mLeningradThe grim, powerful story of the Hero City that lost one million of its citizens as it steadfastly withstood a 900-day German siege.

Under Siege

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