Statistics for Naval battles

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Year	Clue	Battle	% Correct
1941	Japans suprise attack on US fleet	Pearl Harbor	93%
1942	Turning point of WW II in Pacific	Midway	89%
1805	Nelson destroys the fleet of Napoleon	Trafalgar	87%
1916	Largest naval battle during WWI which ends in a draw	Jutland	81%
1942	First battle between aircraft carriers which ended undecisevely	Coral Sea	74%
1588	Spanish invasion in England fails	Armada	72%
1944	Biggest naval battle in terms of tonnage	Leyte Gulf	69%
1905	Japan destroys Russian fleet	Tsushima	57%
1862	First battle of ironclads ever takes place in American Civil War	Hampton Roads	48%
1571	Holy League defeats Ottoman empire	Lepanto	46%
480 BCE	Decisive battle between Greek and Persians	Salamis	46%
31 BCE	Augustus/ Agrippa defeats Marc Anthony and Cleopatra	Actium	44%
1942	Allied fleet defeated by Japanese while trying to avoid an invasion	Java sea	31%
1340	French fleet destroyed by English during 100 Years War	Sluys	31%
1781	French defeat Brittain during American Revolutionary War	Chesapeake bay	22%
260 BCE	Roman defeat Carthage in this naval battle	Mylae	11%
1898	USA decisively defeats Spanish fleet	Santiago de Cuba	6%
1509	Portuguese defeat Mamluks and Indians and take controle of spice routes	Diu	2%
1279	Mongols defeat Chinese Song fleat	Yamen	0%