Siege of Angband

The Siege of Angband was a 400 year-long Ñoldor blockade of Morgoth's forces within his fortress of Angband beginning after the Dagor Aglareb, in the late First Age. Though referred to as a siege, the Elves and Edain were unable to actually assault Angband; they could only battle Morgoth's Orcs when they chose to emerge.
== History ==
The encirclement of Angband was incomplete, as Morgoth was still capable of sending out various forces of Orcs to weaken the Ñoldor (such as the attack on Hithlum), mainly from the impassable north flanks of the fortress near the unguarded Iron Mountains. The Ñoldor had grown strong enough that these raiding forces posed no significant threat. But these raids enabled Morgoth to coerce people who were captured to his service, which would later prove disastrous to the Ñoldor and their allies.
Though considered by Fingolfin, the Elves never planned in earnest nor executed an offensive action against Angband. The Elven kingdoms had prospered greatly during the time of the siege, and most were unwilling to engage in a seemingly needless battle that could claim numerous lives of Elves, whether in victory or defeat. The Elves in fact did not have the ability to overthrow Angband, but at the time, Fingolfin did not fully comprehend the power of Morgoth. The Siege was broken by the Dagor Bragollach in FA 455, and no similar leaguer was ever re-attempted.The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Beleg van Angband
Albanian 	Rrethimi i Angband
Amharic 	ዓንግባንድ ማገድ
Arabic 	حصار أنجباند
Armenian 	Անգբանդի Սիեգե
Azerbaijani 	Angbandın mühasirəsi
Basque 	Angbandeko Setioa
Belarusian Cyrillic	Блакада Ангбанда
Bengali 	অ্যাংব্যান্ড অবরোধ
Breton 	Seziz Angband
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Обсадата на Ангбанд
Bosnian 	Opsade Angband
Catalan 	Setge de Àngband
Cebuano 	Paglikos sa Angband
Chinese 	安格班之圍
Corsican 	Assediu di Angband
Croatian 	Opsada Angbanda
Czech 	Obklíčení Angbandu
Danish 	Belejringen af Angband
Dutch 	Beleg van Angband
Esperanto 	Sieĝo de Angband
Estonian 	Angbandi piiramine
Faroese 	Angband Stólur
Filipino 	Paglusob sa Angband
Finnish 	Angbandin piiritys
French 	Siège de Angband
Frisian 	Belegering fan Angband (Western)
Galician 	Sitio de Angbando
Georgian 	ანგბანდის ალყა
German 	Belagerung von Angband
Greek 	Πολιορκία της Ανγβαντ
Gujarati 	એંગબેન્ડ ઘેરો
Haiti Creole 	Syèj nan Angband
Hausa 	Kewaye da Angband
Hebrew 	מצור מאנגבאנד
Hindi 	आङ्बन्द की घेराबंदी
Hungarian 	Angband Ostroma
Icelandic 	Angband Umsátrinu
Italian 	Assedio di Angband
Indonesian 	Pengepungan Angband
Irish Gaelic 	Iéigear ar Angband
Japanese 	アングバンドの包囲
Javanese 	Pangepungan Angband
Kannada 	ಆಂಗ್ಬ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಮುತ್ತಿಗೆ
Kazakh 	Ангбанд шайқасы (Cyrillic) Angband şayqası (Latin)
Korean 	앙 밴드 포위전
Kurdish 	Dorpêçkirina Angbandê (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Ангбанд сиэгэ
Latin 	Obsidio Angband
Latvian 	Angbandas aplenkuma
Lithuanian 	Angbando apgultis
Lombard 	Assedi de Angband
Luxembourgish 	Belagerung vun Angband
Macedonian Cyrillic	Опсада на Ангбанд
Malagasy 	Fahirano ny Angband
Malaysian 	Pengepungan Angband
Maltese 	Assedju ta ' Angband
Marathi 	अंगबँड वेढा
Maori 	Whakapaenga o Angband
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ангбандын бүслэлт
Nepalese 	षिज ओफ़ आङ्बन्द
Norwegian 	Beleiringen av Angband (Bokmål)
Kringsetjinga av Angband (Nynorsk)
Occitan 	Sètge de Angband
Pashto 	صیېګې وف آنګباند
Persian 	محاصره آنگباند
Polish 	Oblężenie Angbandu
Portuguese 	Cerco de Angband
Romanian 	Asediu Angbandului
Russian 	Осада Ангбанда
Sardinian 	Assìtiu de Angband
Scots 	Siege o Angband
Scottish Gaelic 	Sèist de Angband
Serbian 	Опсада Ангбанд (Cyrillic) Opsada Angbanda (Latin)
Sesotho 	Thibelloa ha Angband
Sinhalese 	ඇන්ග්බෑන්ඩ් වටලෑම
Slovak 	Obliehanie Angbandu
Slovenian 	Obleganje Angbanda
Somali 	Hareereeyo of Angband
Spanish 	Sitio de Angband
Sundanese 	Dikepungna Angband
Swahili 	Kuzingirwa ya Angband
Swedish 	Belägringen av Angband
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ангбанд Муҳосира
Tamil 	அக்பாண்ட் முற்றுகை
Telugu 	అఅంగ్బాండ్ ముట్టడి
Turkish 	Angband Kuşatması
Turkmen 	Angband Gabawy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Облогу Ангбанда
Urdu 	انگبند کا محاصرہ
Uzbek 	Ангбанд Қамал (Cyrillic) Angband Qamal (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Cuộc vây hãm Angband
Welsh 	Gwarchae Angband
Yiddish 	סיעגע פון אַנגבאַנד
Yoruba 	Idoti ti Angband
== References ==
it:Assedio di Angband
pl:Oblężenie Angbandu
ru:Осада Ангбанда
Category:Sieges
Category:War of the Great Jewels