The Jutland Scandal. The Truth About the First World War's Greatest Sea Battle - Harper, Jhn & Reginald Bacon

KORTE INHOUD

The Royal Navy had ruled the sea unchallenged for 100 years since Nelson triumphed at Trafalgar. Yet when the Grand Fleet faced the German High Seas Fleet across 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 had gone wrong. The public waited for the official histories of the battle to be released, but month after month went by with the Admiralty promising, but failing, to publish an account of Jutland. This led to Admiral Bacon producing his own account of the battle in 1925. Two years later the man instructed to write the official report, Rear-Admiral Harper, published his account independently. Together, these two books lay bare the facts about Jutland and reveal the failings of senior officers and the distortions of the early historians.

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2015Uitgever: Frontline Books252 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1848329377ISBN-13: 9781848329379

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