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Britain Maritime Blockade Declared

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1940

Adolf Hitler17 August 1940

Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Germany announces measures intended to isolate Britain and threaten shipping serving the British war economy.

Names involved

Adolf Hitler

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