Battles for capitals

[Hetman]

Quite many battles were fought for state's capital city.
Please add to the liet below any battles You know - but for presently existing countries only, present capitals only.



1. Moscow

1612 - Poland vs Russia (polish relief force for Kremlin garrison was stopped)

1618 - Poland vs Russia

1941 - Germany vs Russia

2. Berlin

1945 - Russia vs Germany

3. Warsaw

1656 - Sweden vs Poland

1656 - Sweden and Brandenburg vs Poland

1794 - Russia and Prussia vs Poland ( several battles during the uprising)

1794 - Russia vs Poland

1809 - Austria vs Duchy of Warsaw ( Poland) - battle at Raszyn

1831 - Russia vs Poland ( battle at Grochow)

1831 - Russia vs Poland

1920 - Russia vs Poland

1939 - Germany vs Poland

1943 - Germany vs Poland ( Jewish uprising in ghetto, they were polish citizens)

1944 July - Russia vs Germany

1944 August-October - Germany vs Poland (uprising)

4. Budapest

1944-45 Russia vs Hungary and Germany


I'm quite interested was there any battle for London - maybe during a civil war or for Paris ?

Regards Cegorach/Hetman http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Sjakihata]

Moscow

Napoleon (France) Vs. Russia 1807(?)

Copenhagen

UK vs. Denmark 1802

[Trax]

Quote[/b] ]or for Paris ?
Quite a few smaller battles during Frondé, I think.

[BDC]

I think Germany sieged Paris during the second half of the 19th century (France lost a lot of land and tried to get it back in WW1).

[Trax]

Yes, the siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian war and also the following Paris commune.

[Michiel de Ruyter]

Washington - 1812

Vienna - 1809 (Aspern-Essling, Wagram and the siege).
- 1945

Prague - 1945

Constantinople - 1st siege by muslims
- 1453

Rome - numerous times (I'll look it up later. But at least by Alarik, Theodoric, a few French kings IIRC one or two Holy Roman Emperors and Charles V.

Maybe London during the civil war between Stephen and Mathilda.

[The Wizard]

Quote[/b] (Michiel de Ruyter @ June 13 2004,18:39)]Constantinople - 1st siege by muslims
- 1453
Those are only a few... Constantinople was sieged like twenty times in its long history, and only when it was in a very weak state, against massive artillery, did it fall to Mehmed...



~Wiz

[Leet Eriksson]

Quote[/b] ]Constantinople - 1st siege by muslims
- 1453


Certainly not first,the muslims first seiged constantinople in 674 until 678,the second time it was in 717 till 718.There was an attempted Seige by the Sassanians and the Avars(626)prior to the arab expansion,but they both abandoned the attempt,the Bulgars attempted to also seige it in 813, 913, and 924.The Russians attempted to seige the Constantinople by sea in 860, 907, and 941 it was probably to compel the byzantines for better trade deals.on 1204 the crusader of the fourth crusade stormed it,it was reclaimed in 1261.The turks seiged Constantinople twice first in 1422 and the last in 1453.

If you ask me thats a heck of a lot of seiges.

[Michiel de Ruyter]

I knew that 1453 was not the first siege... not even close. But I did not know the date, and a very useful website I know was unfortunately down... so...

[Hetman]

More battles

Vienna -

1529 - Ottomans vs Hapsburg,

1619 - Hungarian rebels vs Hapsburg,

1683 - Ottomans vs Poland, Hapsburg, German allies,

What about Lisbon ?


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[Rosacrux]

Constantinople is apparently the most-sieged city of all ages, with Jerusalem second.

[The Wizard]

Jeruzalem ...?

[Leet Eriksson]

Jerusalem was seiged a ton of times,by egyptians,persians,macedonians,romans,parthians,sassanids,byzantines,arabs,turks,crusaders
,then egyptians again,then turks,then Britain.

Its a major hub for 3 religons obviously thats why it was seiged,of course before the other 2 religions came to existense it was a rich city,especially since trade caravans pass through it.

[Cazbol]

Quote[/b] (Hetman @ June 13 2004,07:08)]I'm quite interested was there any battle for London - maybe during a civil war or for Paris ?
The vikings battled for London several times and besieged it as well, with a low success rate. I'm not sure if London qualified as a capital back in those days.

[Duke John]

In 1471 London was besieged by rebels led by Fauconberg during the Wars of the Roses. London refused their entry and succesfully beat off two assualts.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

1170, Strongbow Fitzgilbert and Maurice Fitzgerald being besieged in Dublin, then leading a desperate Cavalry charge out the gates and completely routing the besieging irish forces led by Rory O connor.

[JAG]

Quote[/b] (Sjakihata @ June 13 2004,14:54)]Moscow

Napoleon (France) Vs. Russia 1807(?)
1812.

And almost all of the big Napoleonic battles were for capitals. Napoleons Grand strategy of divide conquer and take the enemy's strategy, meant that almost all of the battles had the capital on the line.