Night action at the Battle of Jutland Royal Navy endlessly patrolling the North Sea and preventing it taking part in war efforts elsewhere. Night action at the Battle of Jutland The Battle of Jutland took place in the North Sea between the German High Seas Fleet and British Grand Fleet on the afternoon and evening of 31 May 1916, continuing sporadically through the night into the early hours of 1 June. The battle was the only direct engagement between the two fleets throughout World War I. The war had already been waged for two years without any major sea battle, and many of the people present did
Battle of the Visayas 1945, he termed Eichelberger's Visayas operations on the congratulatory cable were a ""model of what a light but aggressive campaign can accomplish in rapid exploitation."" Battle of the Visayas The Battle of the Visayas (Filipino: "Labanan sa Visayas" Visayan languages: "Gubat sa Kabisay-an") was fought by U.S. forces and Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese from 18 March – 30 July 1945, in a series of actions officially designated as Operations Victor I and II, and part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II. The battle was waged to complete the recapture of the central