Block warden

Block warden

Block warden may refer to:

*Nazi Blockleiter
*Block warden system first experimented during the 1957 Battle of Algiers(aka "quadrillage"), and which would become a common technique of counter-insurgency through-out the 20th century, also used for example during the "Dirty War" in Argentina.


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