[odd_perfect_num]

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.

[defrost]

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.

[random314]

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?

[whearyou]

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

[euler5050]

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/

[gomoboo]

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

[sofixa]

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

[odd_perfect_num]

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

[sofixa]

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