Blockade

An attempt by a belligerent state to obstruct a defined part of an enemy coast to prevent commerce or communication with that enemy by allied or neutral nations. The main objective of most blockades is to secure control of the sea and, by this control, to economically and materially affect the war-making capacity of an enemy state. Other blockades, like those executed by Britain against Germany from 1914 to 1945 and from 1939 to 1945, are intended to protect communication lines and prevent enemy ships from entering one’s own waters.

International customary and treaty law of the...

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