Blockade of Stralsund | |||||||
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Part of the Pomeranian War (Seven Years' War) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Prussia | Sweden | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hans von Lehwaldt | Fredrik von Rosen |
The Blockade of Stralsund occurred during the Seven Years' War when a Prussian force invested the Swedish garrison of Stralsund, the capital of Swedish Pomerania. Rather than lay formal siege to the port, the Prussians cut it off by land and blockaded it. They were unable to cut it off by sea, owing to a lack of a Prussian fleet, and eventually the blockade was abandoned when the bulk of Prussian forces were withdrawn to fight in other theatres.