Battle of Tsushima Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, described British Admiral John Jellicoe as "the only man who could lose the war in an afternoon". German naval commanders, for their part, understood the importance Kaiser Wilhelm II attached to his navy and the diplomatic prestige it carried. As a result of caution, the British and German fleets met in only one major action in World War I, the indecisive Battle of Jutland. 27 May 1905 (JST) 28 May 1905 (JST) The 1969 film "The Battle of the Japan Sea" (日本海大海戦, "Nihonkai-DaiKaisen") depicts the battle. Battle of Tsushima The Battle of Tsushima
Line of battle Ships built according to these doctrines tended to mount a handful of guns which could fire ahead or all-round, rather than broadside. The fleets of these periods tended to use the line of battle less. However, as ramming fell out of fashion, the logic of the line of battle returned; used in the Battle of Tsushima of 1905, the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and finally in the Battle of Surigao Strait in 1944. During World War II the development of aircraft carriers meant that gun engagements were no longer decisive. This meant there was no rationale for using a