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Australian troops at the Siege of Tobruk (Apr-Dec 1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1623 tapestry showing the siege of Protestant-held La Rochelle in 1573 during the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598).

The Second Siege of Zaragoza (19 December 1808 to 20 February 1809) was a bloody chapter of the Peninsular War, resulting in 10,000 dead French soldiers and 54,000 dead Spanish, including 30,000 civilians. Painting by Louis-François, Baron...

An early 17th-century illustration by Johann Jacob von Wallhausen showing the tactics of batteries of siege artillery to fire upon a specific point in the defensive fortifications.

German artillery at the Siege of Tobruk (1941-2) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of Polish soldiers during the Siege of Tobruk (Apr-Dec 1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). Taken in September 1941. (Imperial War Museums)

Map depicting the Siege of Savannah, 16 September to 20 October 1779. Illustration from page 171 of the book British Battles on Land and Sea Vol. 2, by James Grant, London, 1873.

A 19th-century painting of a castle siege during the Early-modern period. Painted by Christian Sell (1831-83).

A mid-19th-century illustration showing the siege of Multan by the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) against the Sikh Empire.

A painting by Jean-Victor Schnetz (1787–1870) of Odo of Paris defending Paris during the siege by the Vikings in 885 CE (Palace of Versailles, France)