Biggest Naval Battle Ever: Battleships, Aircraft Carriers and Lots of Dead
Ask any armchair historian to name the largest naval battle in history and a typical response is the Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought in October 1944 off the coast of the Philippines. It involved hundreds of ships, had nearly 200,000 participants and it spanned some 100,000 square miles. Battleships, Aircraft Carriers, and Cruisers all duking it out oh my.
Ask any armchair historian to name the largest naval battle in history and a typical response is the Battle of Leyte Gulf, fought in October 1944 off the coast of the Philippines. It involved hundreds of ships, had nearly 200,000 participants and it spanned some 100,000 square miles. Battleships, Aircraft Carriers, and Cruisers all duking it out oh my.
The Last Battleship Battle Was a Slaughter (And Other Navy Lasts )
The final battleship battle in history has long been considered a one-sided slaughter. The Battle of Surigao Strait, which was part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf, took place from October 24-25, 1944, and was one of only two battleship-versus-battleship naval battles of the entire campaign in the Pacific during the Second War II. Both were fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).
History records the famous firsts, and yet, not all are moments are to be cherished or revered.
For every major achievement that brought mankind forward, there are infamous events that highlighted its very worst. This is especially true in military history, where the first use of tanks is celebrated while the first use of poison gas is marked as a dark moment.
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