Very often in history, the fate of land is decided at sea. Throughout the history of the world, the outcome of certain naval battles has determined the fate of entire empires and entire civilizations.

During these significant military moments, strategic intelligence combined with the leaders' intuition or the unpredictable factor and unexpected weather conditions can be decisive in decision-making.

Laurent Joffrin, journalist and essayist, editor-in-chief of Nouvel Observateur, presents to us the greatest naval battles of all time: Salamis - Actium - Nafpaktos - Invincible Armada - Chesapeake - Trafalgar - Jutland - Midway. Naval battles that shaped the modern world with their outcomes and changed the history of civilizations.