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Blockades by the United Kingdom

  • Continental SystemNapoleon issued the Berlin Decree on the 21st of November 1806. This document forbade all import of British goods into European countries allied with France.
  • Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)In 1937, Sir Frederick Leith-Ross began urging senior British government figures to revive the World War I blockade strategy.