A blockade is any effort to prevent supplies, troops, information or aid from reaching an opposing force. A troop is a Military unit, originally a small force of Cavalry, subordinate to a Squadron and headed by the troop leader Blockades are the cornerstone to nearly all military campaigns and the tool of choice for economic warfare on an opposing nation. A military is an Organization authorized by its Nation to use force usually including use of Weapons in defending its Country (or by attacking A nation is a Human Cultural and Social Community. In as much as most members never meet each other yet feel a common bond it may be considered The International Criminal Court plans to include blockades against coasts and ports in its list of acts of war in 2009. The International Criminal Court ( ICC or ICCt) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for Genocide, crimes against Casus belli is a Latin language expression meaning the justification for acts of war

Blockades can take any number of forms from a simple garrison of troops along a main roadway to utilizing dozens or hundreds of surface combatant ships in securing a harbor, denying its use to the enemy, and even in cutting off or jamming broadcast signals from radio or television. Garrison (various spellings (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip" is the collective term for a body of Troops A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences) or haven, is a place where ships may shelter from the Weather or are stored As a military operation, blockades have been known to be the deciding factor in winning or losing a war.

Blockades are planned around four general rules:

• Value of thing to become blockaded
• Blockading strength is equal to or greater than the opposing force
• Suitability of terrain to aid in the blockade
• Willpower to maintain the blockade

First, the value of the item being blockaded must warrant the need to blockade. For example, during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the items to be blockaded (or "quarantined", the more legally- and politically-neutral term selected by President John F. Kennedy) were medium-range missiles, capable of delivering nuclear weaponry, bound for Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba during the Cold War. For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation typically to contain the spread of something President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The need for the blockade was high because of the value of the missiles as a military threat against the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

Second, the strength of the blockading force must be equal to or greater in strength than the opposition. The blockade is only successful if the 'thing' is prevented from reaching its receiver. Again the Cuban blockade illustration shows that the United States put to sea a number of warships to inspect and blockade the waters around Cuba. This show of strength showed the U.S. Navy forces were much larger and stronger in the area compared to their Soviet Navy counterparts. The Soviet Navy ( Russian: Военно-морской флот СССР Voyenno-morskoy flot SSSR, literally "Naval military forces of the USSR" was

Third, in the case of land blockades, choosing suitable terrain. Knowing where the force will be travelling through will help the blockader in choosing territory to aid them: for example, forcing a garrison between a high mountain pass in order to bottleneck the opposing force.

Fourth, willpower to maintain a blockade. The success of a blockade is based almost entirely on the will of the people to maintain it. The Cuban blockade is an example of maintaining willpower to block the missiles from reaching Cuba despite the risk of starting a world wide nuclear war.

Types

• Naval blockade, an effort at sea, to prevent supplies from reaching the enemy, e. g. mining of Haiphong harbor.
• Siege
• Electronic Warfare Jamming

Historical blockades

Historical blockades include:

• The Spartan blockade of Athens following the Battle of Aegospotami, depriving Athens of the ability to import grain or communicate with its empire. Electronic warfare ( EW) is the use of the Electromagnetic spectrum to effectively deny the use of this medium by an adversary while optimizing its use by friendly The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's The naval Battle of Aegospotami took place in 404 BC and was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War.
• The Dutch Republic's blockade of the Scheldt between 1585 and 1792, denying Spanish-ruled Antwerp's access to international trade and shifting much of its trade to Amsterdam. "United Netherlands" redirects here For the "Kingdom of the United Netherlands" see United Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Scheldt (Dutch Schelde, French Escaut, Latin Scaldis) is a 350 km[http //www Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west
• British blockade of France and its allies during the French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War
• British blockade of the United States east coast during the War of 1812
• Danish blockade of Germany during the First Schleswig War, starting in 1848
• Union Blockade - the Union blockading the coasts of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
• Battle of Iquique during the War of the Pacific
• British naval blockade of Germany during World War I as a part of the First Battle of the Atlantic resulted in the death of about 750,000 [1] civilians during the War. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts from 1792 until 1802 fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies The First Schleswig War (Schleswig-Holsteinischer Krieg or Three Years' War (Treårskrigen was the first round of military conflict in southern Denmark and northern The Union Blockade refers to the naval actions between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War, in which the Union Navy maintained a massive effort on the During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Battle of Iquique took place on May 21, 1879 during the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru. The War of the Pacific, sometimes called the Saltpeter War in reference to its original cause was fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The blockade of Germany during World War I was a part of the First Battle of the Atlantic between Britain and Germany. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The First Battle of the Atlantic ( 1914 &ndash 1918) was a naval campaign of World War I, largely fought in the seas around the British As the blockade was continued after the Armistice of November 1918 in the Aftermath of World War I in order to force Germany to sign the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919, many more had to die from starvation. The armistice treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on November 11, 1918 The fighting in World War I ended when an Armistice took effect at 1100 am GMT on November 11 1918 The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. Starvation (also called inanition) is a severe reduction in Vitamin, Nutrient, and Energy intake and is the most extreme form of
• The Second Battle of the Atlantic during World War II
• United States blockade of Japan during World War II
• The German blockade of the Scheldt between September 1944 and November 1944, denying to allied shipping use of the port of Antwerp. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous Military campaign of World War II, (though some say it was a series of naval Military campaigns World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Scheldt (Dutch Schelde, French Escaut, Latin Scaldis) is a 350 km[http //www ||-||-||-||} Antwerp ( Dutch:, French: Anvers) is a City and Municipality in Belgium and the capital of the (See Battle of the Scheldt)
• Soviet land blockade of West Berlin, 1948–1949, known as the Berlin Blockade. The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of Military operations of the First Canadian Army, led by Lieutenant General Guy Simonds. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 11 May 1949 was one of the first major international crises of the Cold war.
• Egyptian blockades of the Straits of Tiran prior to the 1956 Suez War and the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Straits of Tiran ( Arabic: مضيق تيران Hebrew: מיצרי טיראן are the narrow sea passages about 13 km (8 miles wide between the Sinai The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, (أزمة السويس - العدوان الثلاثي Crise du canal de Suez מבצע קדש Kadesh Background Suez Crisis aftermath The Suez Crisis of 1956 represented a military defeat but a political victory for Egypt
• United States blockade of Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis in 1962
• India blockade of East Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh War
• NATO blockade of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1993–1996 during Operation Sharp Guard
• Israeli sea and land blockade of the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the Second Intifada (2000) and up to the present. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba during the Cold War. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country East Pakistan ( Bengali: পূর্ব পাকিস্তান Purbo Pakistan, Urdu: مشرقی پاکستان Mashriqi Pakistan) was The Bangladesh Liberation War (i ( Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ Muktijuddho) was an armed conflict between West Pakistan (later The North Atlantic Treaty The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Савезна Република Југославија / Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) or FRY was a federal state Operation Sharp Guard was a joint operation between NATO and the Western European Union beginning on 15 June 1993, suspended 19 June For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west
• Israeli blockades of some or all the shores of Lebanon at various times during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), the 1982 Lebanon War, and the 1982-2000 South Lebanon conflict - resumed during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية The Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990 was a multifaceted Civil war whose antecedents can be traced back to the conflicts and political compromises reached after the end The 1982 Lebanon War (מלחמת לבנון Milhemet Levanon) (الإجتياح Al-Ijtīāḥ, "the invasion" called by Israel the Operation Peace Summary Israel occupied a security zone of varying sizes in Southern Lebanon between 1982 and 2000 Background See also Israel-Lebanon conflict The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO had engaged in cross-border attacks from Southern Lebanon

See also

• Siege
• Union Blockade
• Scheldt
• blockade runner

The Union Blockade refers to the naval actions between 1861 and 1865 during the American Civil War, in which the Union Navy maintained a massive effort on the The Scheldt (Dutch Schelde, French Escaut, Latin Scaldis) is a 350 km[http //www A blockade runner is a term applied to ships used to evade a naval Blockade of a harbor or strait as opposed to confronting the blockaders to break the blockade

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