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The list of blockades informs about blockades that were carried out either on land, or in the maritime and air spaces in the effort to defeat opponents through denial of supply, usually to cause military exhaustion and starvation as an economic blockade in addition to restricting movement of enemy troops.
Pages in category "Blockades by the United Kingdom" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Although primitive naval blockades had been in use for millennia, they were limited by the time ships were able to stay at sea uninterruptedly. [7] The first successful attempts at establishing a full naval blockade were made by the British Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War (1754–1763) against France. [8]
This list may not reflect recent changes. Blockade! List of blockades; 0–9. 1982 Golan Heights Druze general strike; 2015 Nepal blockade; A. A12 blockade; Anaconda ...
An outline of British military history, 1660–1936 (1936). online; Dupuy, R. Ernest and Trevor N. Dupuy. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present (1993). Fortescue, John William. History of the British Army from the Norman Conquest to the First World War (1899–1930), in 13 volumes with six separate map volumes.
The naval campaigns, operations and battles of the Napoleonic Wars were events during the period of World-wide warfare between 1802 and 1814 that were undertaken by European powers in support of their land-based strategies.
Blockade runner USS Banshee, 1863. A blockade runner is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait.It is usually light and fast, using stealth and speed rather than confronting the blockaders in order to break the blockade.
British Blockade, also known as Parallels, is an old English patience or card solitaire of the blockade family which is played with two packs of playing cards. The name British Blockade was given to distinguish it from French Blockade which, however, is not a blockade game. [ 1 ]