

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…
TV-14 • Documentary • Series • 2004 • 1 season
Starring: Jack Fortune

S1 E1 - Alesia
As resistance to the Roman invasion, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled troops against the Romans and their most inspired commander – Julius Caesar.
Jan 1, 2004 • 48m

S1 E2 - Ciudad Rodrigo
Here at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare – where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.
Jan 8, 2004 • 47m

S1 E3 - 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.
Jan 15, 2004 • 47m

S1 E4 - 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."
Jan 22, 2004 • 47m

S1 E5 - 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.
Jan 29, 2004 • 47m

S1 E6 - 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.
Feb 5, 2004
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Under Siege
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.
TV-14 • Documentary • TV Series • 2004