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Blockade

A blockade is an effort usually (but not always, see below) at sea, to prevent supplies from reaching the enemy.

Historical blockades include:

Union blockade of the Confederacy
United Kingdom blockade of Germany during World War I
Battle of the Atlantic
United States blockade of Japan during World War II
United States blockade of Cuba during 1962 Cuban missile crisis
Russian land blockade of West Berlin, 1948-1949; the response was the Berlin Airlift.

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