It was the newest technology, and the navy was the most powerful force in the military.
The Germans started WW2 with 6 battleships. One, the Graf Spee was damaged and scuttled in the second month of war.
Two battleships (Yamato and Musashi)
No. The US Navy did not have that many battleships.
From 1906 to 1944; Britain had about 43 battleships.
six battleships
on that day there where approximately 10 ships
Hitler invaded Poland before World War 2 started and it was the reason many countries declared war against Germany.
They were all sunk or scuttled (intentionally sunk).
Active duty? None. There are no battleships in any current navy, anywhere in the world. The last country to have them was the USA with 4 Iowa Class Battleships that had been upgraded over the years since WW2. USS Iowa, USS Missouri, USS Wisconsin, and USS New Jersey. All were decommissioned in the early 1990's The closest thing (categorically) to a Battleship is Russia's Nuclear powered "BattleCruiser". There are many Battleships still in existence as Museum ships, and a few in mothballs.
Japan had 8 battleships built as such and also 4 fast battleships which had been built as battlecruisers but improved between the wars.
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The answer is 5.