Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A blockade is an effort usually (but not always, see below) at sea, to prevent supplies from reaching the enemy. Historical blockades include: Union blockade of the Confederacy United Kingdom blockade of Germany during World War I Battle of the Atlantic United States blockade of Japan during World War II United States blockade of Cuba during 1962 Cuban missile crisis Russian land blockade of West Berlin, 1948-1949; the response was the Berlin Airlift. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.