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[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 114 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Russia is going down in history as the only country to lose a naval war against a country with no navy.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Not their first time I believe, they lost their navy before getting to who they needed to fight, whom iirc rescued them instead because they felt so sorry for them

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 12 points 21 hours ago

That will be a relief for us Dutch, who lost a naval engagement against an infantry regiment:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_IJsselmeer

We didn't lose a war with them, but the Barbary Pirates were giving the US trouble before we had a Navy..... I also wouldn't call the first war we had with them entirely successful, but we certainly didn't lose it.