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Timotheus
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Topic: Great Naval Battles Posted: 13-Sep-2006 at 00:53 |
I was reading a book about the Battle of Tsushima and it declared that it was one of the five greatest naval battles of history, with Lepanto, Trafalgar, Jutland, and Midway. I agreed with most of it, but Tsushima, I think, was eclipsed by Salamis. Jutland is also a bit iffy, maybe because the tactical victory and strategic victory were not equivalent. Hampton Roads, the Battles of Hakata Bay, the Battle of the Chesapeake (1781), and St. Vincent deserve honourable mentions at least. What are your thoughts?
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hulkster225
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Posted: 13-Sep-2006 at 01:32 |
If I was judging "greatest" by how decisive the battle was I would have to take out Jutland and replace it with Salamis. I would definitely leave Tsushima in because of how lopsided it was. The Russian fleet was for all intents and purposes completely destroyed while the Japanese lost almost nothing.
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Posted: 13-Sep-2006 at 02:32 |
No, I would replace Trafagler with Actim, if Antony had won we might have had a very different world today.
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warwolf1969
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Posted: 08-Jul-2010 at 07:03 |
Jutland should be in, for the simple fact that it was the largest naval battle of the twentith century, definately the largest of the dreadnought/ironclad age.
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Posted: 09-Jul-2010 at 05:08 |
Lepanto
More for scale and complicatedness as opposed to ultimate strategic value.
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p,c,ma
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Posted: 09-Sep-2010 at 16:48 |
Lets not foget the battles fought by Yi Sun-sin against Japan. Theres also the battle of Economus during the first Punic war, and a loss by the Romans there would have been a worse defeat than the battle of Actium, because there would've never been a Roman Empire.
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Posted: 11-Sep-2010 at 19:15 |
Judging by the post above, no one ever considered the battle that an undermanned American fleet fought against the Nippon Empire in WW-II?
It literally turned the war into the favor of the USA and its allies!
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p,c,ma
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Posted: 11-Sep-2010 at 20:51 |
Theres also the unsung hero of Thermopalye, without Themistocles the spartans wouldn't have made it one day much less three.
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Posted: 15-Sep-2010 at 12:54 |
Tsusima definitely deserves to mentioned among the greatest naval battles of all time. It sort of ushered in a new era of Japanese supremacy in the Pacific.
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Posted: 15-Sep-2010 at 15:09 |
Originally posted by Tiger of Kai
Tsusima definitely deserves to mentioned among the greatest naval battles of all time. It sort of ushered in a new era of Japanese supremacy in the Pacific. |
And in doing so, clearly and decisively demonstrated that an Asian nation could match Europeans in both technology and military expertise. Tsusima was a "shot heard 'round the world"
Edited by Cryptic - 16-Sep-2010 at 10:12
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Posted: 15-Sep-2010 at 20:21 |
Themistocles again at the battle of Salamis.
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