Blockade (military)
A blockade is a strategic tool in warfare. In the case of a blockade, attempts are made to prevent the enemy from being supplied with goods of all kinds (especially weapons and food) in order to weaken the enemy so that he is forced to surrender or his position can be taken by military means.
Historically significant blockages were
- the French continental blockade against Great Britain and the British naval blockade during the Napoleonic Wars
- the blockade of the Confederates by the Northern States during the Civil War
- the blockade of Great Britain by Germany and the British naval blockade during the First World War
- the Atlantic battle in World War II
- the Leningrad blockade 1941–1944 by German troops
- the US blockade of Japan during World War II
- the Berlin blockade (land and shipping routes to West Berlin , 1948–1949; see Berlin Airlift ).
- the naval blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis , the Kennedy -Regierung euphemistically as quarantine referred
- shortly before the Six Day War , Egyptian President Nasser closed the Strait of Tiran to Israeli shipping.
- the Egyptian-Israeli blockade of Gaza since the terrorist organization Hamas came to power in June 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ellen Knickmeyer: Gaza Straining At Egypt's Door . The Washington Post. June 18, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
- ↑ Michael Thumann, Gisela Dachs: Middle East Conflict: Ships in the Tunnel | Israel has sealed off the Gaza Strip for three years. The blockade was intended to weaken Hamas; it did the opposite . Zeit.de. June 11, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2010.