Under Siege - Season 1
1 - Alesia
Air Date: January 1, 2004
As resistance to the Roman invasion, the Gallic warrior Vercingetorix marshalled troops against the Romans and their most inspired commander – Julius Caesar.
2 - Ciudad Rodrigo
Air Date: January 8, 2004
Here at Ciudad Rodrigo, there was the bloody business of siege warfare – where civilians and soldiers share the same conditions and privations.
3 - Petersburg
Air Date: January 15, 2004
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.
4 - Verdun
Air Date: January 22, 2004
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."
5 - Leningrad
Air Date: January 29, 2004
The grim, powerful story of the "Hero City" that lost one million of its citizens as it steadfastly withstood a 900-day German siege.
6 - Newark
Air Date: February 5, 2004
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.