Trafalgar's Fatal Flaw

Battlefield Detectives

S01E08
December 13, 2003 45 min

Overview

New research shows that Britain's most famous naval triumph, th 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, was anything but inevitable. Far from executing a carefully developed plan, Nelson sailed straight at the enemy broadsides based on little more planning than a recently discovered "back of the envelope" tactical sketch.

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