The Siege of New Liverpool, also known New Liverpool Blockade, was a prolonged military operation undertaken by the Franco-Spanish Army of New Spain and the Holy Alliance Pacific Fleet against New Liverpool—historically known as Los Angeles—in the American Front theatre of Great War. The siege started on 12 May 1954, when the last land connection to the city was severed.was a three-month siege by Central Pact forces led by the Franco-Spanish army and navy including its colonial forces. It ended with Central Pact forces retreating after three-months of fierce fighting and scarce supplies led to a successful offensive by Alliance forces. Although the British and American forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 June, lifting of the siege took place on 23 July 1954, 70