U.S Navy loosing to ground based force.

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Asked by Sixsmith 1 year ago in education

Where is the ONLY place that the U.S Navy has lost to a ground based military force.

this is just for fun. as far as i know there is only one place.

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what i mean by just for fun is that it has nothing to do with school.

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Hint: it happed during the Civil War

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is no one interested in history? i'll give it another week then i'll give another hint

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Since you put "this is just for fun" in your question I will have to say in some of the Navy Army football games that have been played over the years.

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Location Wake Island
Result Japanese victory

Belligerents
Empire of Japan United States
Commanders
Shigeyoshi Inoue
Sadamichi Kajioka
Shigematsu Sakaibara Winfield S. Cunningham
James P.S. Devereux
Strength
2,500 infantry[1] 523 infantry of the 1st Marine Defense Battalion {understrength},
VMF-211,
US Navy/US Army personnel,
Others[2]
Casualties and losses
700-900 dead,
2 destroyers,
2 patrol boats,
7–8 aircraft shot down plus 20 aircraft damaged. See [1]
122 dead,
49 wounded,
12 aircraft[3
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_W...