Talk:Commerce raiding

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All major powers do commerce raiding. However, most of the time, they are so successful (for example, Britain in WWI) that all commerce with the lesser power ends almost immediately. World War II in the Pacific was an exeception due to the extreme supply lines.

Not sure I entirely agree with that. Britain in WWI ( and the Union in the American civil war ) imposed a blockade on Germany. German shipping which approached the blockade could be seized ( not in theory sunk on sight ) and neutral ships could be searched for contraband. Since this is legal in international law it is not commerce raiding, but the difference is small and POV. 145.253.108.22 13:12, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

When did the change occur between capturing merchant ships and sinking them? Capture was the rule in the early 1800's, and seemed to continue during the American Civil War, but during the world wars merchants started getting sunk instead. It would be great if this could be worked into the article. Therealhazel 09:02, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Forwarding

Could we forward from guerre de course? That's what I looked this up under and came up with nothing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cpt ricard (talk • contribs) 02:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC).