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It is the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea and all of its oceanic trade and can be easily blockaded

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Because it is of strategic importance and guards the gateway to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean.

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Q: Why did countries fight to control of the strait of Gibraltar?
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