Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory! The Battle of Komandorski Islands

Fighting for hours in naval history’s last pure gunnery duel between major surface combatants, in March 1943, a powerful Japanese cruiser-destroyer force fails in its mission to reinforce an isolated garrison in the Aleutian Islands when confronted by a smaller American task group.

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Credits: US National Archives, US Naval Institute, Naval History & Heritage Command, News of the Day, Getty Images, Library of Congress, Game Footage from World of Warships

Sources:
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