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Sieges of World War II
- Siege of MyitkyinaJoseph Stilwell intended to make a rapid march against Myitkyina, prophesying it to be a feat which will live in military history.
- Siege of Warsaw (1939)The German Luftwaffe began its unrestricted aerial bombardment of Warsaw on the 1st of September 1939. This campaign targeted both military facilities and…
- Vienna offensiveJoseph Stalin reached an agreement with the Western Allies prior to April 1945 concerning the relative postwar political influence of each party in much of…
- Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)On the 22nd of June 1941, the Axis powers invaded the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa. Their land forces reached the Crimean peninsula in the autumn…
- Battle of WuhanOn the 13th of August 1937, the Chinese Nationalists decided to engage Japanese forces in Shanghai. This decision opened a second front that lasted until the…
- Siege of TobrukThe Western Desert Campaign stretched from Mersa Matruh in Egypt to Gazala on the Libyan coast, covering a distance of about 480 kilometers along the Via…
- Siege of LeningradAdolf Hitler declared that Leningrad must die of starvation in a speech at Munich on the 8th of November 1941. The German High Command viewed the capture of…
- Siege of Malta (World War II)In June 1940, the British Crown Colony of Malta held a population of around 250,000 people. Most lived within two miles of Grand Harbour, where density…
- Battle of HengyangHengyang in Hunan Province lies in an oval basin surrounded by mountains and hills, with Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, Guizhou and Yunnan to the west…