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Originally Posted by Darren
The "practical certainty" of a naval blockade had existed since the fall of 1943, with no effect on Japanese leaders. Japan's ports had been mined in the spring, little was getting in from the outside, its tankers had been sunk, and its merchant marine and fishing fleet obliterated. Thus blockade was a reality, yet no surrender was in sight.
Vorkosigan
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I don't think that we mean the same thing by blockade here. I am talking about a total blockade, i.e. nothing gets in or out without the approval of the blockading force, nothing. The united nations had this capacity in 1945, but not in 1944 and certainly not in 1943.
Just for the record, I consider civilians to be wholly unjustified as military targets, no matter what their nationality (or whatever other equally arbitrary criteria might be employed).
I also believe that it should be considered a criminal act for any military force to externalise the human costs of their operations upon any civilians.