Assertion: blockade | /r/HasProperty | vital importance
Facets:
value: as a military measure
type: PURPOSE
value: in the operations of the war
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: As a military measure, the blockade was of vital importance in the operations of the war; and it has been commonly said that without it hostilities would have been protracted much longer, and would have been far more bitter and bloody than they were.