First flag of the CSA The UnionBlockade took place between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War , when the Union Navy maintained a strenuous effort on the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic and Gulf ... ref To this end, the Union commissioned 500 ships, which destroyed or captured about 1,500 blockade ... Scope A joint Union military navy commission, known as the Blockade Strategy Board , was formed ... of Captain Samuel F. Du Pont . ref Time Life, page 29. ref In the initial phase of the blockade, Union ..., Georgia , and was an early target of Unionblockade efforts on Florida s Gulf Coast. ref cite ... Blockade ref Union Navy The Union Navy United States Navy with a strength of only 90 vessels, of which ... unionblockade Aeolus hope&source gbs navlinks s title The Civil War in North Carolina Google Books ... While a large proportion of blockade runner s did manage to evade the Union ships, as the blockade ... Confederate ship to slip out of a Southern port and successfully evade the Unionblockade when ... 3, 2000 accessdate June 8, 2010 ref Impact on the Confederacy The Unionblockade was a powerful ... http books.google.com books?id C4zmFrLz0MYC&dq unionblockade ruined economy&source gbs navlinks s title ... , against Unionblockade ships. On the night of February 17, 1864, the Hunley attacked the USS Housatonic ... 8, 2010 ref Both enabled the Union Navy to gradually extend its blockade southward along the Atlantic ... give the Unionblockade a prominent role in the outcome of the war. Elekund, 2004 blockquote Squadrons The Union naval ships enforcing the blockade were divided into squadrons based on their area of operation ... DEFAULTSORT UnionBlockade Category Union Navy Category United States Navy organization Category ...Image Scott anaconda.jpg thumb right 310px 1861 Cartoon map of the blockade, also known as the Anaconda ... of trade goods, supplies, and arms to and from the Confederacy. Ships that tried to evade the blockade , known as blockade runner s, were mostly newly built, high speed ships with small cargo ... more details
Union s 1948 Berlin Blockade land blockade of West Berlin A blockade is an effort to cut off food ... response to Soviet Union Soviet missiles being placed in Cuba was a naval blockade of the island. Act ...Other uses Blockade disambiguation File Blockade of Toulon, 1810 1814.jpg thumb right 275px An action during the British fleet s blockade of the French port of Toulon between 1810 and 1814, depicted by Thomas ... or totally. A blockade should not be confused with an embargo or International sanctions sanctions , which are legal barriers to trade, and is distinct from a siege in that a blockade is usually ... a blockade. In the 20th century air power has also been used to enhance the effectiveness of the blockade ..., in order to prevent naval forces from putting to sea, is also referred to as a blockade. When a coastal cities or fortresses were besieged from the landward side, the besiegers would often blockade ... communications by radio jamming jamming radio signals and severing undersea cables. Types of blockade ... blockade . Close, distant and loose blockades A close blockade entails placing warships within .... It is both the most effective and the most difficult form of blockade to implement. Difficulties ... may stay safe in harbor till they choose to come out. In a distant blockade, the blockaders stay ... blockade is a close blockade where the blockading ships are withdrawn out of sight from the coast behind the horizon , but no farther. The object of loose blockade is to lure the enemy into venturing out, while staying close enough to strike. British admiral Horatio Nelson applied a loose blockade .... ISBN 1557507155. ref Pacific blockade Until 1827, blockades were always a part of a war. This changed ... declared, however, so it is considered the first pacific i.e. peaceful blockade. ref Oppenheim ... truly pacific blockade, involving no shooting at all, was the British blockade of the Republic of New ... Encyclop dia Britannica , 11th edition. 1911. Pacific Blockade , vol. 20, p. 433 434. ref Legal status ... more details
government. The blockade played a major role in the Union s victory over the Confederate states. By the end of the Civil War the Union Navy had captured more than 1,100 blockade runners and had destroyed ... I Unionblockade Smuggling Bibliography Coker, P. C., III. Charleston s Maritime Heritage, 1670 1865 ...for the book by Jules Verne The Blockade Runners Image SS Banshee.jpg thumb right 300px Blockade runner SS Banshee , 1863 A blockade runner is usually a lighter weight ship used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait, as opposed to confronting the blockaders to break the blockade. Very often blockade running is done in order to transport cargo, for example to bring food or arms to a blockaded city. In other cases the blockade runners would carry mail in an attempt to communicate with the outside world. Operations Blockade runners were the fastest ships available, and often lightly armed .... However, the potential profits economically or militarily from a successful blockade run were tremendous, so blockade runners typically had excellent crews. Although having modus operandi similar to that of smugglers , blockade runners were often operated by state s navies as part of the regular fleet. Notable users of blockade runners include the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and Germany during the World Wars . Blockade runners have always been considered enemy ... blockade runner has also been used by science fiction and fantasy writers for spaceships serving a similar purpose, such as the Corellian Corvette Tantive IV in Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope . Blockade runners are often the subject of press coverage when they reach port giving the act of blockade ... and attempts at blockade running during the Peloponnesian War . With his fleet blockaded, Leon of Salamis dispatched blockade runners to seek reinforcements from Athens. American Civil War During the American Civil War , blockade running became a major enterprise for the Confederate States of America ... more details
Wiktionary blockadeBlockade may refer to Blockade , the prevention of troops and supplies from reaching an opposing army Blockade board game Blockade board game , a strategy game by Lakeside Blockade novel Blockade novel , written by Derek Hansen Blockade solitaire Blockade solitaire , a type of solitaire card game Blockade arcade game Blockade arcade game , video game Blockade 1928 film Blockade 1928 film , a film by George B. Seitz Blockade , a 1938 film written by John Howard Lawson starring Henry Fonda See also lookfrom blockade intitle blockade The Big Blockade , 1940 British wartime propaganda film Blockade Billy , 2010 novel by Stephen King Coulomb blockade , in physics Operation Blockade , 2002 video game Procaine blockade , medical treatment Block disambiguation disambig cs Blok da rozcestn k da Blokade de Blockade hr Blokada razdvojba pl Blokada pt Bloqueio ru uk ... more details
Blockade of Gaza may refer to 2007 present blockade of the Gaza Strip 2000 2007 restrictions 2000 2006 blockade Restrictions after Second Intifada . 2006 2007 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority 2006 2007 economic sanctions Against the Palestinian National Authority . 2007 present blockade of the Gaza Strip 2007 present blockade Since election of Hamas . For the ancient siege of Gaza, see Siege of Gaza . disambig ... more details
Procaine blockade is a medical treatment, where procaine solution affects the peripheral nervous system . Procaine blockade was developed by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Vishnevsky in 1929. There are lumbar, jugular, sacral, extremity and short neural blockades used. References Great Soviet Encyclopedia , 3rd ed., vol. 3 Category Medical treatments treatment stub ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 Infobox military conflict conflict Blockade of Veracruz image File Battleveracruzlanding.jpg 300px caption Blockade. partof the Mexican American War date 1847 place Waters of Veracruz, Veracruz , in the Gulf of Mexico result USA US victorious landings Blockade opens Mexico Mexican waters combatant1 flagicon USA 1847 USA combatant2 flagicon Mexico 1823 Mexico File Mexican Presidential Standard.svg 25px President of Mexico Royals commander1 Winfield Scott David Conner naval officer David Connor Matthew C. Perry commander2 flagicon Mexico 1823 Juan Morales Prisoner of war P.O.W. File Mexican Presidential Standard.svg 25px Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna not a commander, but present during the blockade Campaignbox Mexican American War Campaignbox Blockade of Veracruz The Blockade of Veracruz was a conflict during the Mexican American War . The blockade of Veracriz was extremely important in the Mexican American War. It allowed the US Army to land troops in Veracruz and initiate their siege. coord missing Mexico DEFAULTSORT Blockade Of Veracruz Category Naval battles of the Mexican American War V Category Battles of the Mexican American War US battle stub Mexico stub ... more details
The Mohmand Blockade 1916&ndash 1917 was a blockade formed by a series of blockhouses and barbed wire defences, along the Mohmand border on the North West Frontier by the Indian Army during World War I . The Blockade began after a number of Mohmand raids into Peshawar . The most important engagement occurred on 15 November 1916, at Hafiz Kor , when a large number of Mohmands were defeated. The Blockade was eventually lifted in July 1917 when the Mohmands finally submitted. ref cite web accessdate 2009 09 09 title The Defence of India last Mackenzie first F A url http www.greatwardifferent.com Great War Brits in Caucasus India 01.htm ref References reflist coord missing India Category Military history of British India Category Military history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Category Battles of World War I involving British India Category Mohmand campaigns ... more details
The Blockade Runners lang fr Les Forceurs de blocus is a 1865 in literature 1865 short story by Jules Verne http gaslight.mtroyal.ab.ca blockade.htm In 1871 it was published in single volume together with novel A Floating City as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series The Extraordinary Voyages . An English translation was published in 1874. Plot introduction The American civil war plot centers on the exploits of James Playfair who must break the Federalist blockade of the harbour of Charleston, South Carolina Charleston in South Carolina harbour to trade supplies for cotton and, later in the book, to rescue the father of a young girl held prisoner by the Confederate States of America Confederates . Verne s tale was inspired by reality as many ships were actually lost while acting as Blockade runner s in and around Charleston in the early eighteen sixties. Film, TV or theatrical adaptations It was produced as a radio play in 2006 http www.audiobookquest.com title.aspx?titleId 5345&aid 114009 . External links Commons cat The Blockade Runners Gutenberg no 8992 name The Blockade Runners http jv.gilead.org.il alyon forceurs de blocus.html Les forceurs de blocus , full original French text http jv.gilead.org.il rpaul Les 20forceurs 20de 20blocus 17 illustrations by Jules F rat http librivox.org the blockade runners by jules verne audio recording by LibraVox.org Jules Verne DEFAULTSORT Blockade Runners, The Category 1865 short stories Category Short stories by Jules Verne Category American Civil War fiction cs Prorazili blok du de Die Blockadebrecher fr Les Forceurs de blocus ro Sp rg torii blocadei ... more details
The Blockade of Germany 1914 1919 was a naval blockade conducted by the Allies of World War I Allied ... elements in their eventual victory. The blockade continued even after the Armistice with Germany ... by the blockade during and after the War. ref name dhm http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk pathways firstworldwar spotlights blockade.htm The National Archives The Blockade of Germany ref Both the German ... both aimed to blockade each other. The British had the Royal Navy which was superior in numbers ... in such a war would be the capture of German commercial shipping and the blockade of German ports. A blockade was considered useful for two reasons it could force out the enemy s fleet to fight ..., that a blockade of Germany formally appeared in the Navy s war plans and even then some officials ... until 1914, the Navy undecided over how best to operate such a blockade. The British, with their overwhelming sea power, established a naval blockade of Germany immediately on the outbreak of war ... pages 836 837 url isbn 1851094202 ref The blockade was unusually restrictive in that even foodstuffs ... blockade work publisher The National Archives date url http www.nationalarchives.gov.uk pathways firstworldwar ... attempt to starve the German people into submission and wanted to retaliate in kind. The blockade also ... goal. Eventually, Germany s submarine campaign provoked in large part by the blockade and the subsequent ... to antagonize U.S. opinion than the blockade had. A memorandum to the British War Cabinet on 1 January ... or other areas such as Austria s Adriatic ports which had been subject to a French blockade since 1914 . ref name natarch Effects The first official accounts of the blockade, written by Professor A. C ... of its effects upon German food supplies. Bell, who employed German data, argued that the blockade ... recent studies also disagree on the severity of the blockade s impact on the affected populations at the time ... coauthors title The Politics of Hunger The Allied Blockade of Germany, 1915 1919 publisher ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Neuraxial anesthesia pertains to local anesthetics placed around the nerves of the central nervous system, such as spinal anesthesia also called subarachnoid anesthesia and epidural anesthesia . DEFAULTSORT Neuraxial Blockade Category Anesthesia Medicine stub ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 The Blockade of Barcelona from September to December 1808 , was the attempt to recapture Barcelona during the Peninsular War . See also Siege of Barcelona 1701 1714 War of the Spanish Succession External links http www.histocat.cat pdf imperials a catalunya.pdf Forces emfrontades en la guerra del Frances 1808 1814 http www.1808 1814.org Guerra de la Independencia Coord missing DEFAULTSORT Barcelona, Blockade Of Category Military history of Catalonia Category Battles of the Napoleonic Wars Category Battles involving France Category Battles involving Spain Category Battles involving the United Kingdom Category Conflicts in 1808 GreatFrenchWar stub ca Bloqueig de Barcelona ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Expert subject date February 2009 Pacific blockade was a term invented by Hautefeuille , the French writer on international maritime law , to describe a blockade exercised by a great ... and duties affecting neutrals. On the other hand, the object and justification of a pacific blockade ... by it, the coercive effect of such a blockade might be completely lost. Recent practice has been .... The first case, however, in which the operation was really a blockade, unaccompanied by hostilities, and which therefore can be properly called a pacific blockade, was that which in 1837 Great Britain ... by a strict blockade only. This seems to be the first occasion on which it had occurred to anybody that a blockade without war might serve the purpose of war. This precedent was shortly afterwards followed ... to their property through insufficient protection by the Mexican authorities. The blockade of Buenos ... 1845 , followed in another blockade against the same country by Great Britain and France, and in one ... were allowed to enter the blockaded ports. Before the next case of blockade which can be described ... access to the coast of the enemy. Some ill defined measures of blockade followed, such as that of 1860 ... up by the Turkish forces it would be blockaded. The blockade which first gave rise to serious theoretical ... of October 1884 Admiral Courbet declared a blockade of all the ports and roadsteads between certain ... had not enough ships to render the blockade effective, and that it was therefore a violation of one ... interfere with neutral vessels violating the blockade if there was a state of war. If a state of war ..., Germany, Italy and Russia, and had been shipped before notification of the blockade or after such notification, but under a charter made before the notification, such ship was not to be detained. On the blockade ... in a state of blockade, that the blockade would be general for all ships under the Greek flag, and that ships ... hitherto been employed. There is always the alternative of making the blockade an act of war ... more details
Infobox book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Blockade Billy title orig translator image File Blockade Billy.jpg 200px image caption First edition cover author Stephen ... the Dome followed by 11 22 63 Blockade Billy is a 2010 novella by Stephen King . It tells the story of William Blockade Billy Blakely, a fictional catcher who briefly played for the New Jersey Titans ref cite web url http www.cemeterydance.com blockadebilly index.html title Blockade Billy by Stephen ... The Washington Post first Bill last Sheehan title Book review Blockade Billy by Stephen King date 2010 ... baseball 21king.html work The New York Times first Richard last Sandomir title In Blockade Billy ... Blockade Billy Cemetery Dance Publications publisher Cemeterydance.com date accessdate 2010 10 ... Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker ... aboutcontributors.html title Blockade Billy by Stephen King About the Contributors publisher ... edition books deluxe signed edition of Blockade Billy in the summer of 2010. ref cite web url http www.dreadcentral.com news 36780 stephen kings blockade billy sneaking out april 20th more full dark no stars details title Stephen King s Blockade Billy Sneaking Out April 20th More Full Dark ... magazine Esquire . ref name simonandschuster1 cite web url http books.simonandschuster.com Blockade Billy Stephen King 9781451608212 title Blockade Billy & 124 Book by Stephen King Simon & Schuster ... copies and comes shink wrapped with a William Blockade Billy Blakely baseball card. Optional slipcases ... Blockade Billy Stephen King 9781442336582 title Blockade Billy Audiobook on CD by Stephen King ... Blockade Billy Blakely baseball card, and a signed Stephen King baseball card Signed Lettered ... about.html title Blockade Billy by Stephen King publisher Lonely Road Books date accessdate 2010 10 26 ref References Reflist External links http www.stephenking.com promo blockade billy The novella ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989 had devastated the shore around Prince William Sound , diminishing the marine population. Consequently, the fishery industry in the area faced a sharp fall on their fish catch and revenue. Feeling little had been done to study the impact of the spill, a group of fishermen sailed off to begin a blockade of the Valdez Narrows on August 20, 1993. While tankers must pass through Valdez Narrows to enter the port of Valdez oil terminal Valdez , seven tankers were held off in the three day blockade. As oil was continuing to pump through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System , and tankers were keeping off shore, the storage tanks in Valdez would soon overflow. With the probability in interrupting the oil flow to prevent an overflow, and also facing a growing loss in profits, the government came in to settle the blockade. The blockade was called off after Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt promised to release 5 million of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill restoration funds for ecosystem wide studies. Comprehensive studies of the effects of the spill toward the ecosystem around Prince William Sound began in the following year. References http www.adn.com evos stories EV405.html Tanker Blockade Ends Hugh Curran. Anchorage Daily News, 1993. http www.jomiller.com exxonvaldez photos 25.html Exxon Valdez Oil & Prince William Sound A 10 Year Reckoning Riki Ott. 1999. See also Survivors of the Valdez Oil Spill Category Conflicts in 1993 Category Protests in the United States Category Exxon Valdez oil spill ... more details
intromissing date January 2010 unreferenced date January 2010 Infobox Military Conflict conflict Blockade of Iquique partof War of the Pacific image Image Bloqueo de iquique 16 julio 1879.JPG 300px caption Iquique, Peru, on July 16, 1879. Bombardment by the Chilean navy. date April 5, 1879 May 21, 1879 June 1, 1879 August 2, 1879 place Iquique , Peru . result Peruvian victory combatant1 Image Naval Jack of Chile.svg 33px Chilean Navy combatant2 Image Naval Jack of Peru.svg 33px Peruvian Navy commander1 commander2 strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 Once war was declared by Chile upon Peru on Saturday, April 5, 1879, the first Chilean naval action for the War of the Pacific was set in motion. The plan was to block the Peruvian port of Iquique the same day the declaration of war was made. The first phase of the blockade ended on May 21, 1879, after the clashes between the Peruvian ships Huascar and Independencia versus the Chilean ships Esmeralda and Covadonga. The second phase of the blockade was resumed on June 1, and lasted until August 2, 1879, at which time Williams Rebolledo had to resign for failing to succeed in its actions because of the excursions of the Huascar of Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau against Chilean vessels. Category War of the Pacific es Bloqueo de Iquique ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Blockade of Wonsan partof the Korean War image File Blockade of Wonsan.jpeg 300px caption An explosion destroys North Korean supplies during the blockade of Wonsan. date ... result Allied victory, successful blockade of Wonsan. combatant1 flag United States br flag ... occasions. Naval engagements of the Korean War Campaignbox Korean War The Blockade of Wonsan , or the Siege ... naval blockade in modern history, lasting 861 days. United Nations UN naval forces, primarily from ... Korea n North Korean Navy Navy . The blockade also served to divert communist troops from ... Union and Peoples Republic of China China with all sorts of sea mines and they were used as much ... mine fields. One of the first objectives of the blockade was to begin plotting the locations of mines ... and eventually dozens would serve in the blockade. Operation Wonsan , or the Clearance of Wonsan ... ref ref http www.history.navy.mil faqs faq82 4.htm ref Blockade Opening Engagements File USS Manchester ... Harbor The blockade began on February 16, 1951 and would last 861 days until the armistice ... none were destroyed. UN Tast Group 95.2 was assigned to the blockade and they first bombarded Wonsan ... new weapons to lift the blockade. On July 6, 1951, the United States launched another naval bombardment ... year anniversary of the blockade, bombing Wonsan occurred on a daily basis though occasionally the UN ... the blockade began, USS Gregory , USS Twining DD 540 USS Twining and USS Rowan DD 782 USS Rowan .... March 20 marked the beginning of a four day attack on the blockade by North Korean artillery .... February 16, was the second anniversary of the blockade. Despite that Wonsan was mostly ruins it remained ... blockade duties. Because of the constant threat of amphibious assault, approximately 30,000 North .... USS Shelton was fired at three times on April 17. April 19 was a lively day during the Blockade ... rounds in defiance of the blockade alone, and over 1,000 more at the friendly guerrilla held islands ... more details
around zero bias is called the Coulomb blockade . Observing the Coulomb Blockade In order for the Coulomb blockade to be observable, the temperature has to be low enough so that the characteristic ... of the Coulomb blockade is the relatively large capacitance of the leads that connect ... the effect of Coulomb blockade can be observed is the so called single electron transistor . It consists ... are modulated between maximum and minimum Coulomb blockade , with a periodicity of one elementary ... math C math . The lower math C math the bigger math Delta E math gets. To achieve the Coulomb blockade ... 2 math , which is derived from Heisenberg s Uncertainty principle . Coulomb Blockade Thermometer A typical Coulomb Blockade Thermometer CBT is made from an array of metallic islands, connected to each ... Blockade Thermometer is a primary thermometer based on electric conductance characteristics of tunnel ... Electronics book http nanohub.org resources 756 Online lecture on Coulomb Blockade by S. Datta 2004 DEFAULTSORT Coulomb Blockade Category Nanotechnology Category Quantum electronics da Single electron transistor de Coulomb Blockade fr Blocage de Coulomb nl Coulombblokkade ja pt Bloqueio de ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox VG title Operation Blockade image Image Operation Blockade Coverart.png caption aspect ratio resolution developer Screaming Games publisher Infogrames distributor designer license series engine version released 2002 05 13 genre Shooter modes ratings vgratings ESRB Teen platforms Microsoft Windows Windows , arcade game Arcade media requirements input Operation Blockade is a 2002 first person shooter video game developed by Screaming Games and published by Infogrames for the Personal computer PC and arcade game arcade systems. Set in a mock World War II environment, the game has online capabilities, and was released to mediocre reviews and criticism. Gameplay As a tiny island outpost lying directly in the path of the supply line that the Saruvian Empire is using to invade his country, the player and his allies must defend against waves of enemy air, ground, and naval forces. http pc.ign.com objects 479 479937.html http www.screaminggames.com OB1.htm The game is a first person shooter &mdash all action occurs from the perspective of the character as it is navigated throughout the gaming environment. Players equip stronger weapons as the game continues, allowing them to destroy weak enemies quickly or take down larger opponents. The multiplayer component allows players to team up against the enemy forces and deploy tactics based on their personal styles. http www.screaminggames.com OB1.htm Most combat occurs in a fixed bunker the player shoots down planes and other enemies from this location with a full, 360 degree perspective. http pc.ign.com articles 362 362512p1.html As with most arcade style games, players accumulate points as they destroy ... , http www.screaminggames.com OB2.htm Operation Blockade was loosely based on previous war shooters ... news.html?sid 2857296 Reception and criticism Operation Blockade was met with negative ... Blockade Category First person shooters Category 2002 video games Category Arcade games Category ... more details
Infobox Patience Game Name Blockade AltNames NamedVariants DeckNumber Double DeckType 52 card Family Spider Blockade is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. Akin to solitaire games like Klondike solitaire Klondike and Gargantua solitaire Gargantua , the object of the game is play the cards into the eight foundations. Rules The game starts with twelve piles, each containing a card the rest form the stock . Cards are built down by suit e.g., 7 6 5 4 and cards or groups of cards can be moved from one pile to another or to the foundations. The foundations are built up also by suit, starting from the ace. An empty pile will be filled up immediately by a card from the stock. When all possible moves are done without success, a card is dealt onto each pile, even with those that have sequences. This and the placing of cards on empty piles is done until the stock runs out. After that, any card or group of cards can be placed on any empty space. The game is won when all 104 cards are successfully moved to the foundations. ... more details
Blockade is a 1998 novel written by Derek Hansen about logging in Australia . Plot summary The protagonist is Miklos Bollok, a logging company owner who uses corrupt politicians to clear fell the last remaining wilderness in Victoria, Australia . He is stymied by a direct action campaign by conservationist s. His downfall also comes about by a dark secret that is made public by his wife. Release details 1998, Australia, Harper Collins, ISBN 0 7322 6466 9 , Pub date 1 January 1998, paperback First edition Category 1998 novels Category Australian novels Category Environmental fiction books 1990s novel stub ... more details
Infobox Film name The Big Blockade image Big blockade.jpg image size caption Theatrical release poster director Charles Frend producer Michael Balcon writer Charles Frend br Angus McPhail narrator starring Leslie Banks br Will Hay br John Mills br Michael Redgrave br Ronald Shiner music Richard Addinsell cinematography Wilkie Cooper br Douglas Slocombe editing Compton Bennett br Charles Crichton distributor Ealing Studios released start date 1940 03 23 runtime 73 minutes country Film UK language English budget gross The Big Blockade is a 1942 British, black and white , comedy drama, propaganda film , war film , film director directed by Charles Frend and starring Will Hay , Ronald Shiner as the Shipping Clerk and John Mills . ref http ftvdb.bfi.org.uk sift title 148338?view cast ref ref http www.imdb.com title tt0034512 ref It was film producer produced by Ealing Studios . The film was made in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Welfare . Plot This is a mock Documentary film documentary style, in which the success of the economic blockade of Nazi Germany is highlighted in a humorous manner via a series of sketches. Cast Leslie Banks Taylor Michael Redgrave Russian Will Hay Skipper of the Royal Navy John Mills Tom Frank Cellier Schneider Robert Morley Von Geiselbrecht Ronald Shiner the Shipping Clerk References reflist External links Amg title the big blockade 84945 ftvdb title 148338 imdb title 0034512 Ronald Shiner Will Hay Charles Frend CinemaoftheUK DEFAULTSORT Big Blockade, The Category 1942 films Category 1940s comedy drama films Category 1940s war films Category Black and white films Category British films Category British comedy drama films Category English language films Category Films directed by Charles Frend Category Films produced by Ealing Studios Category British World War II propaganda films Category World War II films made in wartime Category British war films Category British war drama films Category War drama films Category Ealing Films 1940s ... more details
For other sieges Siege of Almeida disambiguation Siege of Almeida Infobox Military Conflict conflict Blockade of Almeida 1811 image File LocalAlmeida.svg 200px caption Location of Almedia in Portugal partof Peninsular War date 14 April to 10 May 1811 place Almeida, Portugal result Successful French escape combatant1 flagicon France First French Empire French Empire combatant2 flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom , br flagicon Portugal 1707 Kingdom of Portugal Portugal commander1 flagicon France Brig Gen Antoine Fran ois Brenier de Montmorand Antoine Brenier commander2 flagicon United Kingdom Maj Gen Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet William Erskine br flagicon United Kingdom Maj Gen Alexander Campbell strength1 1,400 strength2 13,000 casualties1 360 captured casualties2 35 casualties Campaignbox Peninsular War 1810 1811 The Siege of Almeida 14 April 10 May 1811 took place during the Peninsular War portion of the Napoleonic Wars . After a month long blockade, the French garrison under Brigadier General Antoine Fran ois Brenier de Montmorand Antoine Brenier escaped, leaving the fortress in Anglo Portuguese hands. Almeida, Portugal Almeida is located in eastern Portugal, near the border with Spain. The town had been captured from a Portuguese garrison after an earlier Siege of Almeida 1810 Siege of Almeida in 1810. After Marshal Andr Mass na s retreat from Portugal, the French installed a garrison of 1,400 men under Brennier in the fortress. These troops were blockaded in the town by forces under Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington . Since the Anglo Portuguese army had no heavy guns to reduce the walls, they were forced to starve the garrison out. Because of this, this operation was technically a blockade rather than a siege . From 3 to 5 May 1811, Mass na failed to relieve Almeida in the Battle of Fuentes de Onoro . During this time, the blockade was maintained by Sir William Erskine, 2nd Baronet William Erskine s 5th ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict image caption conflict Blockade of Stralsund colour scheme background cccccc partof the Seven Years War date December 1757 June 1758 place Stralsund , Swedish Pomerania result Stralsund holds out. Prussian forces withdraw combatant1 flag Prussia 1750 combatant2 flag Sweden commander1 Hans von Lehwaldt commander2 Fredrik von Rosen strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 Campaignbox Seven Years War European The Blockade of Stralsund occurred during the Seven Years War when a Kingdom of Prussia Prussian force invested the Swedish people Swedish garrison of Stralsund , the capital of Swedish Pomerania . Rather than lay formal siege to the port, the Prussians cut it off by land and blockaded it. They were unable to cut it off by sea, owing to a lack of a Prussian fleet, and eventually the blockade was abandoned when the baulk of Prussian forces were withdrawn to fight in other theatres. Background Sweden had entered the Seven Years War in 1757, joining France, Russia, Austria and Saxony in their alliance against the Prussians. During autumn 1757, with Prussian forces tied up elsewhere, the Swedes had been able to move south and occupy a large portion Pomerania . Following the retreat of the Russians from East Prussia , after the Battle of Gross J gersdorf , Frederick the Great ordered his General Hans von Lehwaldt to move west to Stettin to confront the Swedes. The Prussian troops proved to be better equipped and trained than the Swedes, and were soon able to push them back into Swedish Pomerania . ref Szabo p.92 ref The Prussians pressed home their advance, taking over Ancland and Demmin . The Swedes were left at the stronghold of Stralsund and the island of R gen . ref Millar & Hook p.7 ref Fredrik von Rosen was sent out to take over command of the Swedish forces. ref Szabo p.92 ref Blockade As Stralsund was not about to surrender it became apparent ... bringing an effective end to the blockade. It wasn t until after the Prussians had suffered a major ... more details
No footnotes Blockade of Africa date February 2008 In 1807 Britain outlawed the slave trade , making it illegal for British ships to transport slaves. The British Navy immediately established a presence off Africa in order to enforce the ban, called the West Africa Squadron . Although the ban technically applied only to British ships, other countries were supportive of the ban and gave the Royal Navy the right to search any of their ships intercepted for slaves. A notable exception was the United States, which refused. Although an 1807 Act of Congress technically abolished the intercontinental slave trade in the United States, the ban was not widely enforced, and many of the slave ships which escaped the blockade were destined for the southern United States. Some effort by the United States Navy was made to prevent the slave trade. This mostly consisted of patrols of the shores of the Americas and in the mid Atlantic, the latter being largely unsuccessful due to the difficulty of intercepting ships in mid ocean. In 1813 one American ship, the Chesapeake, joined the Royal navy s blockade off Africa. As part of the Webster Ashburton Treaty of 1842 it was agreed that both countries would work together on the abolition of the slave trade and the blockade of Africa. British Navy actions see West Africa Squadron United States actions see Africa Squadron The United States Constitution of 1787 had protected slavery for twenty years even so, the Pennsylvania Abolition Society was formed, and held its first meeting at the temporary Capital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , in 1794. On April 7, 1798, the fifth Congress passed an Act that imposed a three hundred dollars per slave penalty on persons convicted of performing the illegal importation of slaves . It was an indication of the type ... Slave Trade Patrol of 1820 61 . The blockade of Africa was still being performed in the eastern ... on board however, very few ships were operating together at any one time, which meant that the blockade ... more details
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