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Battle of Jutland
Part of the Second West Russian War
The Russian missile cruisers Murmansk (closest) and Magadan (farthest) at the beginning of the Battle of Jutland, May 31st, 1975
Date May 31, 1975 Location North Sea, near Denmark Result Russian Victory
Belligerents
Russia	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Sergey Gorshkov	Günther Lütjens
Strength
2 fleet carriers 6 missile cruisers 12 cruisers 24 destroyers ~180 carrier aircraft	3 fleet carriers 4 battleships 2 missile cruisers 8 light cruisers 30 destroyers 10 frigates 10 submarines ~100 carrier aircraft
Casualties and losses
3 cruisers damaged 2 light cruisers damaged 16 destroyers damaged 2 destroyers sunk 5 carrier aircraft lost 502 dead ~1,000 wounded (est.)	2 fleet carrier sunk 1 fleet carriers damaged 3 battleships sunk 1 battleship damaged 2 cruisers sunk 4 light cruisers sunk 2 light cruisers damaged 15 destroyers sunk 10 destroyers damaged All carrier aircraft destroyed ~14,023 dead (est.)

Battle of Jutland (1975)

The Battle of Jutland (1975) was a major naval battle between the Voyenno-flot and the Kriegsmarine during the Second West Russian War. The battle was fought in the waters off the North Sea coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula on May 31, 1975, exactly 59 years after the original Battle of Jutland. It was the largest naval battle since World War II and it is often compared to the Battle of Trafalgar.

At the start of the war, the SFB concluded that Germany would conduct a naval invasion at Russia's artic coast, putting Russia's invasion of Moskowien in jeopardy. Despite the disparity in force strength between the Kriegsmarine and the Voyenno-flot, it was decided that the Voyenno-flot would still engage the Kriegsmarine if conditions were favorable.

German leadership hoped that with Russia's small economy, the Voyenno-flot would not be in the position to threaten the Kriegsmarine in the Artic and thus quickly prepared to eliminate it with the Kriegsmarine's most powerful vessels. However, Russian intelligence were able to determine the date of the launch and path of the fleet. The Russian sabotage against RADAR installments in Norway enabled the Voyenno-flot to prepare an ambush in the North Sea.

The German fleet went into disarray when the first missiles hit the fleet's flagship Graf Zeppelin. In the ensuing panic, the ships went out of formation, allowing the Russian ships to isolate and destroy most of the fleet. By the end of the battle, all of Germany's battleships and two of their fleet carriers were sunk, along with many other large ships. Russia only lost two destroyers—Taboritsky and Roznadezy—in the battle.

The battle effectively ended Germany's presence in the North Sea as the Kriegmarine's remaining ships stayed in port for the rest of the war, cancelling the planned landing at Murmansk. In the aftermath, Germany threatened to destroy Murmansk with nuclear weapons, but ultimately backed down due to international pressure and fear of nuclear retaliation.