By Walter E. Block
The Blockade of Toulon, 1810-14 (By Thomas Luny – collections.rmg.co.uk, Public Domain)
During World War II, England and Germany, in addition to bombing each other, also tried to starve out their enemy into submission via blockades. Why did the Germans use submarines at the beginning and all during this war? To reduce the amount of food and medicines that could be transported from the US to the UK. Why did the British, along with its allied partners, blockade Germany? For the very exact same reason: to bring that nation to its knees in the hope it would surrender. While we are on this topic, we can note that the United States imposed a blockade on Japan before this war even started, which undoubtedly was part of the reason for the hostility that arose between these two countries.
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