17 August 1940
British Isles Blockade Declared
The German declaration presents waters around the British Isles as subject to wartime maritime restriction.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at British Isles in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The German declaration presents waters around the British Isles as subject to wartime maritime restriction.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and British Isles. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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