The Jutland Scandal: The Truth about the First World War’s Greatest Sea Battle
The Jutland Scandal: The Truth about the First World War’s Greatest Sea Battle By Vice-Admiral John Harper
2016 | 261 Pages | ISBN: 1510708715 | PDF | 15 MB
2016 | 261 Pages | ISBN: 1510708715 | PDF | 15 MB
Two high-ranking officers defied the British Admiralty to tell the tale of World War I’s first naval battle against Germany. The Royal Navy had ruled the sea unchallenged for one hundred years since Nelson triumphed at Trafalgar. Yet when the Grand Fleet faced the German High Seas Fleet across the grey waters of the North Sea near Jutland, the British battleships and cruisers were battered into a draw, losing far more men and ships than the enemy. The Grand Fleet far outnumbered and outgunned the German fleet, so something clearly had gone wrong. The public waited for the official histories of the battle to be released to learn the truth, but month after month went by with the Admiralty promising, but failing, to publish an account of Jutland. Questions were raised in Parliament (twenty-two times), yet still no official report was produced, due to objections from Admiral Beatty.