Under Siege

Synopsis

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. This docuseries explores siege warfare and explains how those that are vastly outnumbered have stood behind walls and barricades in a last stand against their attackers.

First Air Date: 2004-01-01

Last Air Date: 2004-02-05

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 6

Top Cast

Jack Fortune as N/A

Seasons

Season 1 (2004)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Alesia (2004-01-01)

As resistance to the Roman invasion, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled troops against the Romans and their most inspired commander – Julius Caesar.
Ep. 2: Ciudad Rodrigo (2004-01-08)

Here at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare – where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.
Ep. 3: Petersburg (2004-01-15)

Union 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. 4: Verdun (2004-01-22)

Almost 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. 5: Leningrad (2004-01-29)

The grim, powerful story of the "Hero City" that lost one million of its citizens as it steadfastly withstood a 900-day German siege.
Ep. 6: Newark (2004-02-05)

The 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.