HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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a military blockade
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to surrender
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a naval attack
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when a city is bombed by airplanes
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Detailed explanation-1: -A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault. This derives from Latin: sedere, lit. ‘to sit’. Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict characterized by one party holding a strong, static, defensive position.
Detailed explanation-2: -the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
Detailed explanation-3: -A siege by definition is a tactic of surrounding a specific town or building thereby cutting off supplies to the besieged to force surrender. When “ ladders or other equipment” are used it is no longer a siege. It is an assault.