Battle of Artemisium (Greco-Persian Wars) war movies

Battle of Artemisium 9 September 480 BC

Battle of Artemisium took place simultaneously to battle of Thermopylae - while the land forces were helding back their position at the narrow pass, Greek fleet at Artemisium prevented the Persian forces from supporting the advancing forces on Thermopylae.

Even though the Persian fleet had huge advantage in numbers (1200 ships against 270 Greek) Greeks managed to keep the enemy blocked in Straits of Artemisium for 3 days. At the end of day 3 the Greek fleet was no longer sufficient to fight another day and the defeat seemed inevitable. But that day the news arrived about the defeat at Thermopylae and blocking of Straits of Artemisium was no longer important, so Greek forces evacuated from the area.

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