Continental System (redirect from Continental Blockade)
The Continental Blockade (French: Blocus continental), or Continental System, was a large-scale embargo by French Emperor Napoleon I against the British...
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War crimes in World War I (section Blockade of Germany)
died from starvation and disease during the war because of the Allied blockade. An academic study done in 1928 put the death toll at 424,000. Germany...
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order to secure the Reich's eastern flank and prevent a possible British blockade. Hitler initially favoured the idea of a satellite state, but upon its...
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the Parti Populaire Français (PPF) and member of the LVF. Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, writer. Henri Lafont Étienne Leandri, wore the Gestapo uniform during...
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The two went on campaign with the aim of creating a blockade against Protestant held La Rochelle. Lanssac then prepared naval vessels for combat and attempted...
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Paris was besieged by the Prussian Army. Following several months of blockade, hunger, and then bombardment by the Prussians, the city was forced to...
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completely". The Carignan-Salières Regiment marched across France to La Rochelle on the Atlantic coast. Each of the twenty companies had a nominal strength...
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under Chen Youliang 1372 June 22 and 23 La Rochelle – Castilian fleet defeats English fleet near La Rochelle 1378 – Venetians under Vettor Pisani defeat...
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d'Espèrey. The 1934 work by the French Fascist and writer Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, The Comedy of Charleroi, explores the author's role in the battle. In...
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d'ordonnance at the instigation of the Bourbon princes. The governor of La Rochelle, the baron de Jarnac reported in September that ministers were working...
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U-boats were stationed in submarine pens in French Atlantic ports such as La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Saint-Nazaire, Brest, and Lorient. 1944: 157th Mountain (Reserve)...
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Prague and ending the rule of "Winter King" Frederick in Bohemia Blockade of La Rochelle 1621–1622 – The repression of the Huguenot rebellion by the French...
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became known as the "Phoney War". From the start of the war, a British blockade on shipments to Germany affected its economy. Germany was particularly...
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Hitler-mandated stay-behind "fortresses" in ports along the Atlantic coast like La Rochelle and Saint-Nazaire until the German capitulation in May 1945. Also in...
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War Siege of Saint-Jean-d'Angély (1621) – Huguenot rebellions Blockade of La Rochelle (1621–22) – Huguenot rebellions Siege of Montauban (1621) – Huguenot...
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Vukašin of Serbia, were defeated by an Ottoman force. 1372 Battle of La Rochelle 22–23 June - Castilian fleet defeats the English fleet. English sea dominance...
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began to arrive in Tetouan and on 5 August Franco was able to break the blockade, successfully deploying a convoy of fishing boats and merchant ships carrying...
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François Achille Bazaine (section Mars-la-Tour)
François-Achille (1883). Episodes de la guerre de 1870 et le blocus de Metz [Episodes from the War of 1870 and the Blockade of Metz] (in French). Madrid: Gaspar...
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an invasion of northern France in 1206, disembarking with his army at La Rochelle during one of Philip's absences, but the campaign ended up a disaster...
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2024. Retrieved 11 September 2018. "De La Rochelle al saqueo e incendio de Londres por la flota castellana: la batalla que humilló a los ingleses". larazon...
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occupied Polish territories allowed Germany to circumvent the British naval blockade. In October and November 1940, German–Soviet talks about the potential...
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Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip. In an interview with BBC Radio Ulster while still at sea, Maguire called the blockade an "inhumane, illegal...
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with international imports, blockades brought the issue of food security back into European politics, the Allied blockade of Germany in and after World...
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– drama film set in and around turn-of-the-century New York City, New Rochelle, and Atlantic City, and includes fictionalized references to actual people...
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exports and diverted most to production of ammonium picrate. Britain also blockaded supplies from Germany.[citation needed] Edison responded by undertaking...
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was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaration of war, and Germany's subsequent counter-blockade. The campaign peaked...
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in the traders' hometowns. Outposts in Lisbon, Bordeaux, Bourgneuf, La Rochelle and Nantes offered the cheaper Bay salt. Ships that plied this trade...
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Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1498559492. Retrieved 12 November 2023. Davis, Rochelle (2011). Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced. Stanford...
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destruction of images and statues in Catholic churches occurred in Rouen and La Rochelle in 1560. The following year, the attacks extended to over 20 cities and...
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Jean Cocteau Le Der des ders / Didier Daeninckx La Comédie de Charleroi / Pierre Drieu la Rochelle La Chambre des officiers / Marc Dugain Le Monument :...
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