Editing Blockade runner (section)

=== World War I ===
{{see also|Blockade of Germany (1914–1919)}}
During World War I the [[Central Powers]], most notably Germany, were blockaded by the [[Entente Powers]]. In particular the North Sea blockade made it nearly impossible for surface ships to leave Germany for the then neutral United States and other locations.

The blockade was run with cargo submarines, also called [[merchant submarine]]s, ''[[German submarine Deutschland|Deutschland]]'' and ''[[German submarine Bremen|Bremen]]'', which reached the then neutral United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://warandgame.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/german-u-boat-wwi-blockade-runners/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303050452/http://warandgame.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/german-u-boat-wwi-blockade-runners/|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 March 2008|title=German U-boat WWI Blockade Runners « War and Game|date=3 March 2008}}</ref>

The ''Marie'' successfully ran the British North Sea blockade and docked, heavily damaged, in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now called [[Jakarta]]) on May 13, 1916.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1916/11/05/archives/survived-british-shells-german-blockade-runner-almost-a-sieve.html|title=SURVIVED BRITISH SHELLS.; German Blockade Runner, Almost a Sieve, Sailed from Africa to Java.|work=The New York Times |date=5 November 1916|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

In 1917 Germany tried unsuccessfully to supply their forces in Africa by sending [[Zeppelin LZ104]].