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Does anyone remember where the longest siege ever in history was waged?

Hint: It was in the American Revolution.

Second hint: Not Yorktown or Boston.

Answer: Correct! The siege of Gibraltar. Undertaken by France and Spain, the (largely inept) siege lasted more than 3.5 years and delayed the end of the war long past Yorktown.

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Only three and half years?

That doesn't even make the top three IIRC.

The Siege of Ceuta, and the Siege of Candia were both 20+ years.

I wonder if the ongoing siege of Gaza counts? Counting 15 years. Or does it not count without any active fight back OR because Gaza is a part of Israel and thus Israel has laid a siege on itself?

Not a siege in any sense. What sieges not only allow the besieged to conduct import/export but actively pay for the besieged’s supplies?

Leave the ideology somewhere else

Does it matter if some supplies are let through if the end result of attrition is still achieved?

"Cases of child malnutrition double in Gaza because of blockade" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1172086/

Which ideology are you referring to here? I don’t see one in their comment.

It's a thinly veiled "every criticism of Israel is antisemitism".

Thanks for the correction. It looks like it was the longest siege ever against the British. Certainly a massive qualifier there I forgot.

Even the Siege of Sarajevo (if you want to talk about a pure land siege excluding naval blockades) is 3 years and 10 months.

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