Siege

The siege of Leningrad was horrific in all aspects during the 872 days that German troops surrounded the city. After the Germans surrounded the city, they began cutting off all supply routes. The siege began on September 8, 1941 after German troops severed the last supply route out of the city, leaving 3 million people inside. The ultimate plans for this revolution seemed simple to Hitler when he said to “wipe Leningrad from the face of the earth through demolitions” (“St. Petersburg (Leningrad)...”). Despite the numerous threats imposed primarily through bombing, the citizens of Leningrad did not give up hope. During that challenging time, the civilian population never ceased to believe the Germans could succeed, and continued to assist the…

a war. There are pitched and siege battles. Pitched battles consist of a clash between two armies in an open position. A siege battle is similar but one tries to take hold of a fortified position. Different weapons have been used throughout the ages, whether it will be the guns we use nowadays, to the ancient but commonly used spear, or even more complex and rare used weapons such as the hunga munga. Military tactics have also evolved and become more sophisticated throughout the ages. They would…

accepted this proposal, and I took my position at the gatehouse parapets. I was ready to shoot at the attackers through the arrow loops. A siege would usually last for months, but the attackers were…

The Siege of Tobruk The North African campaign of the Second World War took place in Northern Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts, also known as desert warfare. One of the lesser known battles of World War II was fought by a small yet valiant force of Australians in the North African port city of Tobruk. The Siege of Tobruk was a significant, important and decisive stronghold which proved to be pivotal in the outcome of World…

Siege of Calais: Review The Siege of Calais play that was performed at GIHS in the PAC. The performers used costumes to represent the people of France and England in the Siege of Calais. The English are running out of food because the French are cutting off their supply routes. The English the surrender to get their supply routes back. The French want 6 hostages, all men, with white shirts and rope around their necks to arrive by sunset the English then send 5 men and 1 boy, all of them having a…

Perhaps one of the driving factors in the rise of arquebuses was that the previous siege revolution made commanders feel that they had to innately aggressive in their battle tactics. It also made commanders see guns as the future of warfare, even if firearms at the moment still had some drawbacks. This mentality resulted in that the defensive tactics of the fifteen century saw a huge decrease in their effectiveness when artillery emerged on the battlefield at the battle of Crécy in 1346. Siege…

World War II sent humanity into another global and political struggle, resulting in the largest war death toll in history. 1941 saw the constant rise of the supremacy of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi troops in both Europe and North Africa. Prior to the Siege of Tobruk, Germany had “began its own offensive into Cyrenaica,” and “attacked Greece and Yugoslavia, seizing them by the end of the month,” (Battistelli P.P. 2012). “Rommel’s troops were poised to capture all of Libya and press on to Egypt,” (Murray…

to disappear; others chose to devour the rotting maggoty carcasses of horses or other animals that were laying in the streets (Hastings 168; Reid 183; “Siege of”). In a like manner household pets-including Pavlov's dogs-were also not spared as people's dogs and cats were fed to starving residents (Hastings 168; “Siege of”). As a result of the drought of flour, several flour or bread replacements were concocted. Moldy grain was extracted from sunken ships in the Baltic Sea; floor sweepings,…

Gianine and I’m here to discuss how the constant demand for content made news now a laughing stock. Today to prove this concept correct I have chosen the story of the “Sydney Siege” and extracted three articles about this event from news.com. So to begin with this event took place took place in central Sydney at Lindt Chocolate cafè when unaccompanied gunman Haron Monis held seventeen people hostage on the 16th of December 2014. This seventeen hour stand-off with the police ended when shots…

Whether you are pro-war or anti-war, many lives were affected by the Vietnam War. There’s no doubt the Vietnam War will forever be a known as a debatable war. I continually find the inside information intriguing; to view a personal perspective expands your mentality to accept various viewpoints. Obviously, being directly involved in the war is honorable. Several elements of the war were fascinating, although; what I found extremely appealing were the Guerilla Tactics and The Siege of Khe Sanh.…