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Battleship Vs Battleship • Mistaken identity - most significant examples

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Was rewatching the Battlefield series and thought I saw a warship silhouette in footage of the 2nd Belorussian crossing the Oder river in 1945... then realised it was on land and probably just some buildings, or a berm, or vegetation... (1:33:41 in
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But it made me think, what are some of the more significant cases of mistaken identity involving battleships?

Taffy 3 being mistook as a more capable frontline group?

Pearl Harbour attack by IJN?

Denmark strait - Prinz Eugen mistaken by Hood for Bismarck, and if the movie is to believed, Hood and Prince of Wales initially being classified as cruisers by the Germans...
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statistics: Posted by NewJerseyMike9:41 PM - 1 day ago — Replies 11 — Views 177



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