Under Siege (2004)
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)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Alesia
As resistance to the Roman invasion, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled troops against the Romans and their most inspired commander – Julius Caesar.
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Ep. 2: Ciudad Rodrigo
Here at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare – where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.
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Ep. 3: Petersburg
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.
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Ep. 4: Verdun
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."
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Ep. 5: Leningrad
The grim, powerful story of the "Hero City" that lost one million of its citizens as it steadfastly withstood a 900-day German siege.
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Ep. 6: Newark
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.
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