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As we detailed previously, history’s verdict on chokepoint confrontations is unsentimental.
No party that closed or seized a major maritime chokepoint in the modern era has achieved its strategic objectives through closure alone. Case in point: Britain’s experience with the Suez Canal in 1956, Japan’s experience with the Malacca Strait in world war 2, Iran’s experience in 1980s Tanker War & The Gallipoli Campaign’s experience to seize the Dardenelles Strait in world war 1.