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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.

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6 episódios

Alesia
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AlesiaAlesia and the battles that raged around it are often considered to be the finest military exploits in the career of Julius Caesar. After a prolonged campaign, he succeeded in forcing Vercingetorix and about 60,000 men to defend the fortified hilltop town of Alesia.
Ciudad Rodrigo
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Ciudad RodrigoHere at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare – where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.
Petersburg
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PetersburgUnion forces should have seized Petersburg in June 1864, but through a mixture of confusion and incompetence they failed and a year-long siege followed.
Verdun
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VerdunAlmost 700,000 French and German troops had been killed or wounded in this hellish protracted siege that earned the chilling nick-name "The Mincer."
Leningrad
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LeningradThe grim, powerful story of the "Hero City" that lost one million of its citizens as it steadfastly withstood a 900-day German siege.
Newark
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NewarkThe battles for the strategically-vital town in Nottinghamshire, England are classic examples of how a siege was conducted during the long and bitter English Civil War.