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War or conflict Start date End date Duration Reconquista: 711: 1492: 781 years Anglo-French Wars: 1109: 1815: 706 years Roman–Persian Wars: 54 BC: 628: 681 years
The Battle of Verdun (French: Bataille de Verdun [bataj də vɛʁdœ̃]; German: Schlacht um Verdun [ʃlaxt ʔʊm ˈvɛɐ̯dœ̃]) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun.
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The Battle of the Atlantic, the longest continuous military campaign [11] [12] in World War II, ran from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, covering a major part of the naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter ...
The siege of Candia (now Heraklion, Crete) was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled capital city of the Kingdom of Candia. [2] Lasting from 1648 to 1669, or a total of 21 years, one of the longest sieges in history.
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The siege was the longest and most destructive in history and possibly the most deadly, causing an estimated 1.5 million deaths. It was not classified as a war crime at the time, [ 12 ] but some historians have since classified it as a genocide due to the intentional destruction of the city and the systematic starvation of its civilian population.
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