Episodes
The Siege of Badajoz, 1812. Total Carnage, Absolute Gore. Napoleon's Spanish Divisions Decimated by Wellington.
When the guns fell silent and the blood-soaked ruins of Badahose lay under British control, the las...
The Siege of Gibraltar, 1779- 1783. The Longest Siege in British History. Key to WWII Centuries Later.
The last great effort to reclaim Gibraltar ended in defeat, sealing Britain’s hold over the gateway...
The Siege of Carthage, 146 BC. Rome Annihilates an Entire Civilization. A General Shames Himself Before his Wife.
Carthage... was annihilated. Its streets, once filled with merchants and soldiers, became killing g...
The Siege of Vicksburg, 1863. The Death Knell Moment of the Rebellion. The South Reduced to Eating Rats.
With the fall of Vicksburg, the Union seized the entire length of the Mississippi River, cleaving t...
The Siege of Port Arthur, 1905. Russia Humiliated. Mechanized Slaughtering Ushered in as New War Standard.
Japan’s triumph sent a shockwave through Russia... a psychological wound as devastating as the batt...
The Siege of Malta, 1565. Ottoman Power Halted in its Tracks. Muslim Invasion of the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea Ends, Forever.
The triumph of the Knights of Malta shattered the momentum of Sultan Suleiman’s ambitions, halting ...
The Siege of Rhodes, 1522. One Small Order of Knights Stops Islam from an Open Door to Europe.
With the fall of the city and the island, Suleiman secured uncontested Ottoman dominance over the e...
The Siege of Imphal, 1944. Japanese Army Left to Rot. British and Indian Refusal to Surrender Alters History.
The road to India was within the Japanese Imperial Army's grasp, but at Imphal and Kohima, the Japa...
The Siege of Grozny, 1994-95. Total Russian Military Command Failure. Grozny's Apocalyptic Destruction Breeds Insurgency.
Russia’s failure to impose enduring control over Chechnya exposed a fundamental erosion of its mili...