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    A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes...
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    The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of...
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    confronting the blockaders in order to break the blockade. Blockade runners usually transport cargo, for example bringing food or arms to a blockaded city. They...
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    A blockade has been imposed on the movement of goods and people in and out of the Gaza Strip since Hamas's takeover in 2007, led by Israel and supported...
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  • Blockade of Germany may refer to: Blockade of Germany (1914–1919) during World War I Blockade of Germany (1939–1945) during World War II This disambiguation...
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  • Look up blockade in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blockade is the prevention of troops and supplies from reaching an opposing army. Blockade may also...
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    The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The blockade was proclaimed...
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  • Blockade Billy is a 2010 novella by Stephen King. It tells the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, a fictional baseball catcher who briefly played...
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    The blockade of Yemen refers to a sea, land and air blockade on Yemen which started with the positioning of Saudi Arabian warships in Yemeni waters in...
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    In mesoscopic physics, a Coulomb blockade (CB), named after Charles-Augustin de Coulomb's electrical force, is the decrease in electrical conductance at...
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  • The list of blockades informs about blockades that were carried out either on land, or in the maritime and air spaces in the effort to defeat opponents...
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    The blockade of Biafra by the Nigerian federal government during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) resulted in a famine that ultimately cost at least...
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    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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    Leningrader Blockade". Osteuropa. 61 (8/9): 48–63. JSTOR 44936431. Siegl, Elfie (2011). "Die doppelte Tragödie: Anna Reid über die Leningrader Blockade". Osteuropa...
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  • A pacific blockade is a blockade exercised by a great power for the purpose of bringing pressure to bear on a weaker state without actual war. It can be...
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  • Blood Blockade Battlefront (Japanese: 血界戦線, Hepburn: Kekkai Sensen, lit. 'Bloodline Battlefront') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by...
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    The Mohmand blockade (1916–1917) was a line of blockhouses and barbed wire defences, along the Mohmand border on the North West Frontier by the Indian...
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  • Blockade is a 2005 documentary film by Sergei Loznitsa. The film was shot with no dialogue and consists of black and white footage shot during the Siege...
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    On 9 October 2023, Israel intensified the blockade of the Gaza Strip after the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel and the ensuing Israel–Hamas war. Israel's...
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    of Anti-discrimination Students' Movement, students started the Bangla Blockade. During the movement, the Appellate Division issued a status quo for four...
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    "The Blockade Runners" (French: Les forceurs de blocus) is an 1865 novella by Jules Verne. In 1871 it was published in single volume together with novel...
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  • Blockades of Callao include: Blockade of Callao (1816), occurred between January 21 and 28, 1816, during Guillermo Brown's corsair expedition [es]. First...
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  • The Valdez Blockade was a 1993 protest by Cordova fishermen who blockaded the Valdez Narrows in an attempt to obtain funding for research and restoration...
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    The Blockade of Callao was a military operation that occurred during the War of the Pacific or the Salitre War and that consisted of the Chilean squadron...
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  • Blockade of Gaza may refer to: Blockade of the Gaza Strip (2005–) 2006–2007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority, including blockade...
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    Barcelona(Spain) Roses(Spain) Tarragona(Spain) Cardadeu(Spain) Blockade of Barcelona (Catalonia) The blockade of Barcelona, from August to December 1808, was the...
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  • Neuraxial anesthesia is local anaesthesia placed around the nerves of the central nervous system, such as spinal anaesthesia, caudal anaesthesia, epidural...
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  • Maximum or maximal androgen blockade (MAB) or complete or combined androgen blockade (CAB) is a medical treatment involving the combination of both androgen...
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    The A12 blockade is a string of protests by Extinction Rebellion (XR) on the Utrechtsebaan [nl] (part of the A12 motorway) in The Hague, irregularly since...
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    The Blockade of Africa began in 1808 after the United Kingdom outlawed the Atlantic slave trade, making it illegal for British ships to transport slaves...
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