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What was the name of the Athenian general that defeated Xerxes at the battle of Salamis?
The Greek fleet at Salamis was commanded by the Spartan admiral Eurybiades.
What battle Did Themistocles defeat the Persians in?
Themistocles did not defeat the Persians. He commanded the Athenian contingent which was part of the Greek fleet under command of Spartan admiral Eurobiades which defeated the Persian fleet at the battle of Salamis in 480 BCE.
Did Thermistocles hold back Xerxes' army at the battle of Thermopylae?
The Athenian general Themistocles commanded the major Athenian component of the Greek fleet which engaged the Persian fleet in the Artemesion strait bedside the Thermopylai pass.The object of holding the pass was to precipitate this sea battle to destroy the Persian amphibious threat to the southern Greek cities. The Greeks lost, and the pass was abandoned as having no further use.The Greeks tried again in the strait at Salamis near Athens and defeated the Persian navy.The blocking force at Thermopylai pass was commanded by the Spartan general King Leonides.
Who was the Athenian general that came up with a plan to fight the Persians?
In the decisive battle of Salamis 480 BCE, the Greek side was commanded by the Spartan admiral Eurybiades.
Who was the captain that brought the First Fleet out?
The First Fleet was commanded by Captain Arthur Phillip.
Who commanded the Spartan group of soldiers the 300 at the battle of Thermopylae?
Leonidas commanded the Spartan contingent of 300 heavy infantry and 2,100 light infantry at Thermopylae plus another 7,000 from other city-states.
Who won the battle of trafalgar?
Horatio Nelson commanded the Royal Navy fleet and Pierre De Villeneuve commanded the combined French and Spanish fleet.
During the Peloponnesian War the Athenian navy was destroyed at the battle of?
Battle of Aigospotamai where the Peloponnesian fleet led by the Spartan admiral Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet.Battle of Aegospotami where the Spartan Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet.
Who commanded the First Fleet and become the first Governor of New South Wales?
The first Governor of New South Wales was Captain Arthur Phillip, who also commanded the First Fleet.
Who commanded U.S Pacific fleet?
That would be Admiral Chester Nimitz.
Who was the captin or general of Pearl Harbor?
The Admiral at Pearl Harbor was Admiral Husband E. Kimmel who led the Pacific Fleet. LT General Wlaater C. Short commanded the US ground and air forces in Hawaii.
Who commanded the British fleet at Trafalgar?
The Franco-Spanish fleet was under the command of Pierre de Villeneuve.
