Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)
WWII operation to restrict supply lines
Blockade of Germany (1939–1945)
The 1939 to 1945 blockade of Germany, part of the economic war of those years, involved operations carried out during World War II by the Allies of World War II in order to restrict the supplies of minerals (including fuel and metals), food and textiles needed by Nazi Germany – and later by other European Axis countries – in order to sustain the Axis war effort. The economic measures consisted mainly of a naval blockade, which formed part of the wider Battle of the Atlantic, but also included the bombing of economically important targets and the preclusive buying of war materials from neutral countries in order to prevent their sale to the Axis powers. The first period, from the beginning of European hostilities in September 1939 to the end of the "Phoney War", saw both the Allies and the Axis powers intercepting neutral merchant ships to seize deliveries en route to their respective enemies. Naval blockade at this time proved less than effective because the Axis could get crucial materials...
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