Commerce raiding
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Commerce raiding is a form of naval warfare used to destroy or disrupt logistics of the enemy on the open sea by attacking its merchant shipping, rather than engaging its combatants or enforcing a blockade against them.
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See also
- Axis naval activity in Australian waters
- Demoralization (warfare)
- German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
- Indian Ocean raid
- Japanese raiders in Indian Ocean Campaign
- Merchant raider
- Naval strategy
- Piracy
- Privateer
- Q-ship
- Tonnage war
- Unrestricted submarine warfare
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