Where did the world's greatest naval battle took place?

Answer 1

Battle of Trafalgar, between England & France, which England won and named a square called "Trafalgar square"

Answer 2

Midway was not strictly a Naval battle. There were a number of USAAF B-17s involved in the fight.

The Battle of Jutland in WW ONE was the last major ship to ship naval battle with large fleets of ships involved. So in terms of pure firepower involved, that was the greatest naval battle.

The Battle of Leyte Gulf in WW TWO was the last major fight between new top of the line battleships. The matchup was between the two fast battleships of the US NAVY. (USS Iowa and USS New Jersey) and the super-battleships of the Japanese Navy. (Yamato and Musashi) plus some older battleships on both sides built before the war. As far as having the most powerful ships facing off against each other, this was the greatest naval battle.

Answer 3

Take your pick, Graf Spae off the Spanish coast, the Bismark in the North Sea, the battle of Midway or the Coral Sea battle, all these battles happened in WW2, but the last two turned the war around, I believe the battle of Midway was Japans first ever defeat in a sea battle, if I remember my history lessons right, the Japanese lost 5 aircraft carriers in one day, impressive considering neither side had missiles, and only propeller aircraft.

Answer 4

I think the battle of Leyte Gulf in WW2 rates very highly. Adm Clifton Sprague had a task force called Taffy 3 which was left open by FADM Halsey's reckless actions and Adm Spragues highly outmatched force was able to survive the attack through bravery, and great bluffing. Destroyers and destroyer escorts attacked a battleship force and did an amazing amount of damage. Enough to make the Japanese commander break of the attack and withdraw.

Answer 5

in historical context, you cant beat the Battle of Lepanto (1571). even for a primitive time, you had better than 500 ships going at each other, and close to 40,000 deaths.

Jutland is a very good modern battle, but it just doesnt beat the combined combatants for the three actions fought around the Philippines between the US and Japanese fleets (which included leyte gulf and the sugaro strait) in 1944. this tops my list for modern warfare at sea.

for shear numbers of ships involved in a invasion, you cant beat the D-day landings in 1944, or the okinawa landing in 1945

Answer 6

Depends on what you mean about 'Greatest"? Most ships? Most casualties, Most impact to the conflict?

I really think it needs to be characterized by Ancient, Medieval, 1800's, and 1900s?

My favorite....Defeat of Spanish Armada........the success of the brits in defending England determined the future success of the colonization of America, and started the tradition of British Naval Superiority until WWI.

Answer 7

The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. Named after the 19th century German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Bismarck's fame came from the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941 (in which the battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship and pride of the British Royal Navy, was sunk), from Churchill's subsequent order to "Sink the Bismarck" [1], and from the relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy that ended with her loss only three days later.

Answer 8

Near the English Channel between the Spaniards and Brits. Lord Nelson, Admiral of the British Fleet lost his life there. A place near Trafalger I beleive.

Answer 9

conflict of Briatin - with out that the united kingdom might want to were invaded/knocked out of the conflict militarily and compelled to sue for peace. No uk no western best pal to wrestle Hitler. conflict of Moscow - the Nazis were repulsed from the gates of Moscow and that began the wrestle back on the jap the front. conflict of Stalingrad - the biggest of the conflict and a significant propaganda defeat/victory searching on which section you've been on. conflict of halfway - verified that u . s . had the strategies to address and beat Japan. This represented the extreme water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean conflict. previous to the conflict Japan had naval superiority over u . s . and they could highly a lot opt for the position and at the same time as they had to attack, once they were 2d bets to the U. S.. This conflict laid the inspiration for the U. S. victory contained in the Pacific. D-Day/the conflict for Normandy - the biggest amphibious touchdown ever observed by a slog by the bocage of Normany, the position the casualty cost at situations exceeded that in WWI and it decisively positioned the western Allies on ecu soil. with out D-Day the map of Europe post-conflict might want to seem plenty distinct and it hastened the suited for Hitler as he had to wrestle 2 protective wars - one on each flank. Guadalcanal - the first significant land conflict contained in the Pacific and the first significant storming of an entrenched island held by the jap. If there have been doubts that the human beings, a democracy, might want to be prepared to shed extreme quantities of blood to defeat the jap, who by no potential surrendered and fought tenaciously this conflict dispelled them and proved that the conflict cin the East ould be received with an offensive attitude.

Answer 10

In terms of the sheer number of vessels being involved I would say the Battle of Jutland. (WW I )
That saw nearly all of the Royal Navies Home Fleet take on almost the entire German Grand Fleet.