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Historical Sieges

written by: DieZel
 
History has many examples of cities and nations that refuse to surrender to the invaders. The bravery will never be forgotten.

Question 1:


This famous siege took place in 1453 under the command of Sultan Mehmed II. It marked the end of the Eastern Roman Empire and made Ottoman rule over the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean inevitable. Although the city was one of the richest in the world and was thought to be impregnable, Mehmed II marched through its streets and was later nick-named "the Conqueror". What was the name of this great city?
Constantinople
Damascus
Vienna
Rome

Question 2:


Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492, dooming the fate of native inhabitants. The siege of Tenochtitlan marked the end of one of the mightiest American civilizations- the Aztec Empire. This was the name of the conquistador that defeated the Aztecs.
Francisco Pizarro
Pedro de Alvarado
Hernan Cortes
Panfilo de Narvaez

Question 3:


The Axis powers besieged Malta during World War II, because the headquarters of the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet was there.
False
True

Question 4:


Jeanne d'Arc was a 17-year old girl with no knowledge on military strategics. However, her self-sacrifice and strong belief in God inspired many French victories in the Hundred Years War. This siege was her first victory.
The siege of Orleans
The siege of Calais
The siege of Patay
The siege of Paris

Question 5:


Certainly one of the most famous sieges is the siege of Troy. Although archaeologists are not sue whether or not it really happened, there is evidence that the siege is not merely mythological. According to legends, who killed the Greek hero Achilles?
Ajax
Hector
Priam
Paris

Question 6:


During the siege of Paris of the Franco-Prussian War, the French forces were victorious.
False
True

Question 7:


This city was besieged twice- once in 1854 by the Ottoman Empire and a second time in 1942 by Germany. During the second siege, the defenders were attacked by the largest gun ever to be completed. The Germans even used gas against the defenders of the city and yet it withstood the siege for 250 days.
Sevastopol
Moscow
Warsaw
Paris

Question 8:


In 1847 Veracruz, one of the most important Mexican seaports, was besieged for 20 days. The beginning of the siege was marked when this country conducted its first large-scale amphibious assault on it.
Great Britain
Argentina
The United States
France

Question 9:


The siege of Sarajevo, one of the longest sieges in the history of modern warfare lasted almost 4 years.
False
True

Question 10:


German forces besieged the city of Leningrad for 900 days, trying to gain control over it without success. The bravery of the defenders of the city became the symbol of the Soviet struggle against Nazi Germany, but the exact number of the Russian casualties is still unknown- some people estimate that about 1.5 million people died during this siege, mostly of starvation. Which one of these Soviet generals organised the defence of the city?
Marshal Timoshenko
Marshal Shaposhnikov
Marshal Zhukov
Marshal Tukhachevsky

 
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