Season 1
6 episodes · Jan 1, 2004
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S1E1Alesia
Jan 1, 200448mAs resistance to the Roman invasion, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled troops against the Romans and their most inspired commander – Julius Caesar.
S1E2Ciudad Rodrigo
Jan 8, 200447mHere at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare – where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.
S1E3Petersburg
Jan 15, 200447mUnion forces should have seized Petersburg in June 1864, but through a mixture of confusion and incompetence they failed and a year-long siege followed.
S1E4Verdun
Jan 22, 200447mAlmost 700,000 French and German troops had been killed or wounded in this hellish protracted siege that earned the chilling nick-name "The Mincer."
S1E5Leningrad
Jan 29, 200447mThe grim, powerful story of the "Hero City" that lost one million of its citizens as it steadfastly withstood a 900-day German siege.
S1E6Newark
Feb 5, 2004The 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.