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.
Episodes
Season 11
AlesiaAs resistance to the Roman invasion, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled troops against the Romans and their most inspired commander – Julius Caesar.48m2
Ciudad RodrigoHere at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare – where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.47m3
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.47m4
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."47m5
LeningradThe grim, powerful story of the "Hero City" that lost one million of its citizens as it steadfastly withstood a 900-day German siege.47m6
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.
AlesiaAs resistance to the Roman invasion, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled troops against the Romans and their most inspired commander – Julius Caesar.48m2Ciudad RodrigoHere at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare – where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.47m3PetersburgUnion forces should have seized Petersburg in June 1864, but through a mixture of confusion and incompetence they failed and a year-long siege followed.47m4VerdunAlmost 700,000 French and German troops had been killed or wounded in this hellish protracted siege that earned the chilling nick-name "The Mincer."47m5LeningradThe grim, powerful story of the "Hero City" that lost one million of its citizens as it steadfastly withstood a 900-day German siege.47m6NewarkThe 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.Cast
