(1916–19) – World War I Battle of Jerusalem (1917) – World War I Siege of Najaf (1918) – World War I Siege of Aintab (1920–1921) – Franco-Turkish War Siege of Perekop (1920) – Russian Civil War Siege of Naco (1929) – Escobar Rebellion Siege of Cuartel de la Montaña (1936) – Spanish Civil War Siege of Cuartel de Loyola (1936) – Spanish Civil War Siege of Gijón (1936) – Spanish Civil War Siege of Oviedo (1936) – Spanish Civil War Siege of the Alcázar (1936) – Second Spanish Republic militias besieged the Alcázar of Toledo in the Spanish Civil War Siege of Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza (1936–1937) – Spanish Civil War Siege of Madrid (1936–1939) – Spanish Civil War Siege of Gandesa (1938) – Spanish Civil War Siege of Warsaw (1939) – World War II Siege of Hegra Fortress (1940) – World War II Siege of Calais (1940) – World War II Siege of Lille (1940) – World War II Siege of Malta (1940–1943)– World War II Siege of Giarabub (1940–1941) – World War II Siege of Saïo (1941) – World War II Siege of Tobruk (1941) – World War II Siege of Mogilev (1941) – World War II Siege of Odessa (1941) – World War II Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944) – also known as the 900-Day Siege, probably the most gruesome in history, World War II. Siege of Rogatica (1941) – World War II Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) – World War II Siege of Yenangyaung (1942) – World War II Siege of Stalingrad (1942–1943) – World War II Siege of Turjak (1943) – World War II Siege of Imphal (1944) – World War II Siege of Kohima (1944) – World War II Siege of Myitkyina (1944) – World War II Siege of Mount Song (1944) – World War II Siege of Hengyang (1944) – World War II Siege of La Rochelle (1944–1945) – World War II Siege of Dunkirk (1944–1945) – World War II Siege of Bastogne (1944) – World War II Siege of Budapest (1944–1945)– World War II Siege of Breslau (1945) – World War II Siege of Berlin (1945) – World War II Siege of Jerusalem (1947–1948) – 1948 Arab–Israeli War – Palestinian Arabs laid siege to the Jewish quarters of Jerusalem, but were driven back. Siege was resumed in May by regular Jordanian and Egyptian forces. Ended in armistice. Siege of Changchun (1948)