"The closure (War)"

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The closure (English: Blockade) is a wary move, in which one of the parties tries to prevent food, supplies, war equipment and the other side. The closure can also include a disconnect from the flow of information and communication. The blockade is usually a naval blockade, and within it one side tries to disconnect all the naval traffic leading to the other side. However, also attempting to disconnect all land traffic routes into any country is also the closure; it is also possible that the closure that combines land and maritime blockades. In the 20th century, air force was also used to increase the efficiency of the blockade, and to prevent the use of air traffic throughout the region in which the blockade was imposed. Another modern means of deepening the efficiency of the closure is the disconnection of electronics by disconnecting communication lines and blocking transmissions.
To lay the blockade, the attacker may block the exit from the enemy’s seaports, block landways, and more. The closure can be partial or complete.

It is necessary to distinguish between the closure and Ambargo, on the one hand, and from the siege, on the other. The blockade is a wary step, which usually involves military operation, while Ambio is not a wary step but a legal step. The blockade is different from the siege that a siege is usually aimed at a single and defined destination, such as a city or fortress, while the blockade is imposed on an entire country or an extensive country.

Types of closure

The closure can be in several ways:
The close closure (Close Blockade) – this blockade requires the side that it poses military units very close to the enemy’s key points. For example, warships will be located very close to enemy ports, thus blocking the exit. This type of closure imposes a heavy load on the blockader: the units impose the blockade should stay for a long period of time next to the key points of the enemy, when they are usually far from their base, the terrorists of nature and the attacks of the enemy. The distance from the base creates unusual logistics challenges. The enemy, on the other hand, was at its base comfortably. On the other hand, the blockade imposed on the enemy prevents him from receiving necessary supplies and equipment, which necessarily creates a shortage and difficulty, which harm his power over time. The rest of the close closure is the complete motive of marine and continental movement from the other side. During the Napoleonic Wars, at the end of the 18th and early 19th century, the British Royal Navy imposed a close naval blockade on France; British Navy ships were very close to the French ports, and prevented the departure of the French Navy and trade ships.
The remote closure (Distant Blockade) – this closure focuses on blocking the paths to the enemy state farther away. The enemy ports and entrance routes are not closely blocked, allowing a limited movement of the enemy along the coasts or in a short term on the landways. On the other hand, the flow of goods and equipment in the main sea or landways is blocked. The rest of the remote blockade is that the units that charge the blockade can be much more close to their base, and be protected from the raids and attacks of the enemy. During the First World War, the British Navy imposed a distant naval blockade on the Imperial German Navy: the British Great Fleet was based in the Lake Flu, the Orkney Islands, thus preventing the Germans from leaving the North Sea. The southern exit, through the Mayan Canal, was also impossible for the Germans, being very close to Britain and France. This blockade prevented the movement of goods and equipment to Germany, and brought the German population to the end of the war. On the other hand, the fact that the British Navy did not strictly prevent the German Navy from leaving, allowed the Germans to carry out some raids on the British coast.
The blockade was not wary – up to 1827, some wars were closed. In 1827, France, Britain, and Russia imposed naval blockades