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Blokade
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.3|''Winfield Scott|Scott's great snake'', a cartoon map illustrating the Union blockade of the Confederacy during the [[American Civil War, known as the Anaconda Plan, illustrated by J.B. Elliott]] thumb|Douglas C-47 Skytrain|C47s unloading at [[Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, part of the airlift of supplies which broke the Soviet Union's 1948 land blockade of West Berlin]]
A blockade is a military or political action that prevents supplies, people, or goods from entering or leaving a place, typically by controlling access routes. Blockades have been used in major historical conflicts—such as during the American Civil War and the Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948—to pressure an opposing side into surrender or submission.
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