at sea , the powerful royal navy blockaded Besieging american ports , cutting off Bodily_harm trade and allowing Preventing_or_letting the british to raid Attack the coast at will .

The Iranians were able to capture Conquering the al-Faw Peninsula , cutting off Having_or_lacking_access Iraqi access Having_or_lacking_access to the Persian Gulf in the process ; this in turn hardened Cause_change_of_strength Iraqi attitudes to prosecute the war .

The U.S. VI Corps , moving Motion northeast from Anzio , was at the point of cutting off Hindering the German line of retreat Escaping when Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark , commander of the Fifth Army , inexplicably ordered Arranging them to turn Change northwest and advance on Rome instead .

On 9 June , German tanks entered Arriving Rouen on the Seine , cutting off Removing the IX Corps from the X Corps to the east and from the Seine to the south .