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The Jutland Scandal. The Truth About the First World War's Greatest Sea Battle

Door Jhn Harper e.a.

Categorie
WO I
Boeknummer
#233679
Titel
The Jutland Scandal. The Truth About the First World War's Greatest Sea Battle
Auteur
Harper, Jhn & Reginald Bacon
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Frontline Books
Jaar van uitgave
2015
ISBN10
1848329377
ISBN13
9781848329379
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
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-
... (Lees verder)two times), yet still no official report was produced, due to objections from Admiral Beatty.
This led to Admiral Bacon producing his own account of the battle, called The Jutland Scandal, in 1925. Two years later the man instructed to write the official report, Rear-Admiral Harper, decided to publish his account independently, under the titleThe Truth about Jutland.
Together, these two books lay bare the facts about Jutland and reveal the failings of senior officers and the distortions of the early historians. Produced as one volume for the first time, this book tells the truth about the scandal that developed following the largest battle ever fought at sea.
Pagina's
252
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 15,00

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