The greatest sea battle between modern battleships was fought between the Russian & Japanese battleship fleets at Tsushima on 27 May 1905.
Germany and Great Britain never fought a decisive battleship FLEET ACTION.
The British say the German's were the best. And the British defeated the Germans in some battles; which makes the British the best military, according to the British.
In WWII, the British, Americans, and Free French defeated the Germans and Italians in North Africa.
Dunkirk, the evacuation of the British from capture by the Germans in WW2.
The Germans took all kinds off guns from ships and defeated enemy to man the coastal defences, the 16 inch guns in some of them came from WW1 battleships.
were the Germans defeated in a major battle for the first time in the war?
The Russians defeated the Germans .
The Germans started WW2 with 6 battleships. One, the Graf Spee was damaged and scuttled in the second month of war.
Allied Powers
Allied powers
The Romans were defeated by the germans
Stalingrad
The principal Allied Commanders were Eisenhower, Bradley & Patton of the US. Montgomery was the senior British General. The Germans were nominally under von Rundstedt & Rommel.