Search results for "Blockade" - New World Encyclopedia
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- * The Blockade Runners, (1876) * Michael Strogoff (Michel Strogoff, 1876) * Off On A Comet (Hector Servadac, 1877) * The Child of the Cavern, ...19 KB (2,945 words) - 21:07, 4 October 2022
- the British free to conduct a campaign of blockade for the remainder of the war. ... after the failure of the harvest and the blockade of French ports and trade ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- in command, he sailed through the British blockade to return to Paris and resolved ... by land by the Austrians, and under tight blockade by the Royal Navy. In response ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- which ends with the lifting of the Berlin Blockade in 1949; Trinity, about Irish nationalism, and the sequel, Redemption, covering the early ...24 KB (3,406 words) - 16:05, 28 November 2023
- the Taipings managed to break through the blockade and fight their way to the town of Yongan (not to be confused with Yong'an), which fell ...20 KB (3,050 words) - 13:03, 2 February 2024
- Secret Service, and met at least one blockade runner there. It is possible that it was here that he also met Confederate Secret Service director ...20 KB (3,093 words) - 04:41, 3 May 2024
- but were denied. Instead, Italy initiated a blockade of Fiume while demanding that the plotters surrender. D'Annunzio then declared Fiume an ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles Anglo-Normandes/Îles de la Manche) are a group of islands in the English ...23 KB (3,402 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- Thomas Edmund Dewey (March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971) became an American legend for his success in prosecuting organized crime in New York ...21 KB (3,285 words) - 21:07, 30 April 2023
- French Continental System vs. the British naval blockade of French-controlled territory. Due to military shortages and lack of organization in French ...46 KB (6,954 words) - 01:24, 11 November 2022
- reserves became significant due to the British blockade of United States ports. The blockade starved the American military of saltpeter and therefore ...40 KB (6,197 words) - 02:27, 19 December 2022
- assigned to HMS Victory in May 1803. He joined the blockade of Toulon, France, and would not set foot on dry land again for more than two years. Nelson ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 15:08, 2 February 2024
- in 1918, a study of Napoleon’s blockade of England and its relation to the mercantilist system, written by Eli Heckscher who was professor ...27 KB (4,103 words) - 17:22, 29 September 2023
- to partially circumvent the Allied naval blockade, allowing it to avoid the ... Nazi Germany to circumvent the British naval blockade. ===Operation ...51 KB (7,700 words) - 13:06, 10 March 2023
- Philip's fleet had just escaped from the allied blockade and Philip ordered that a squadron head to Athens. The Macedonian squadron sailed ...30 KB (4,708 words) - 15:44, 21 May 2024
- the UNEF withdraw. This action, along with the blockade of the Strait of Tiran, led directly to the Six Day War. During the war, Israeli armed forces ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- rationing. The Royal Navy's blockade of German ports prevented Germany from importing food, and the Germans failed to introduce food rationing ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- During most of the revolt the island was also under blockade, which forced the people to supply themselves with everything from electric power ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- During the Trojan War, the Greeks used a naval blockade to prevent Trojans on the European shore and on Lemnos from coming to the aid of Troy. Once ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- if the Indian Military had chosen to blockade the supply route of the ... Meanwhile, the Indian Navy also readied itself for an attempted blockade ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
