blockade (1948-1949) - No military action, but the tactic to starve a city by cutting her supply lines is a feature of a siege. The famous Berlin Air Lift supplied the city with food, coal, medical supplies and other goods for nearly a year.
Siege Of Jerusalem ( 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.
The Siege of Dien Bien Phu ( 1954 ) - Vietnamese Viet Minh forces besieged French forces, effecting a final defeat on France's colonial occupation
Siege Of Erenköy ( 1964 ) - Turkish Cypriots holding out against attacking Greek and Greek Cypriot forces.
