Best Admirals Thread.

>>2950226
>there's no way the USN dream team of Nimitz-Spruance-Fletcher is being topped.

Nelson could beat them single handed

>>2950463
With an equivalent fleet? Nelson would be unfamiliar with the new concepts of WW2-era navies (planes, the sheer distances, torpedoes, submarines, etc.) Nelson would easily grasp modern broadside usage, but not how best to avoid torpedoes/planes.

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>>2950463
>Nelson could beat them single handed
I see what you did there

>>2950463
nelson was the perfect admiral for the naval combat of his age, but not for ww2

well since this thread seems pretty much dead, how about we just make it general naval history

Here's an interesting lecture from the US Naval War College about the battle of Midway that discusses how even if it had been a disaster for the Americans Japan was still absolutely fucked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9rkKtK1b44

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>>2950226

WW2 was basically the only time in history when huge naval battles actually happened. Yeah, you can point to naval battles that occurred before then, but none compare in terms of scope or magnitude to what occurred at Midway or Guadalcanal.

>>2950602
What about Jutland? It dwarfed every battle in WW2.

>>2950616

I thought about mentioning that, but it just seemed too indecisive to really be meaningful. Even if Germany had won, I'm not sure it would have changed the outcome of the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_Glorioso