Ken Buck tweeted the following:
"In 1944, USN won the battle of Leyte Gulf, still the largest naval battle in history, fought over 100,000 square miles of ocean, after which Halsey announced to Nimitz, the Japanese Navy has been beaten, routed, and broken by the Third and Seventh Fleets."Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Ken Buck:
"After Pearl Harbor, and the fall of Singapore and the Philippines, USN showed that the undefeated Japanese could be turned back at the Battle of the Coral Sea, an engagement Nimitz described as a victory with decisive and far-reaching consequences for the Allied cause."Read on Twitter
"On May 1, 1898, the battle of Manila Bay, an American fleet annihilated its Spanish adversary, and the Navy taught the world that in the scramble for empire and resources, markets and power, battleship navies would be essential for security and status."Read on Twitter
"During the Civil War, ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia clashed at Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862. It was the first battle of ironclads, ending the age of wooden sailing warships."Read on Twitter
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