Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War
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Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War by Reinhard Scheer
Anglo-German naval rivalry before 1914 had been expected to culminate in a cataclysmic fleet action in the North Sea once war was declared, a battle upon which the outcome of the war would depend: yet the two fleets met only once, at Jutland in 1916, and the battle was far from conclusive. In his own account of the war in the North Sea, first published in 1920, Admiral Scheer, the German commander at Jutland, gives his own explanation for the failure of either fleet to achieve the decisive victory expected of it, particularly the failure of his own operation plans that resulted in the battle of Jutland. This book is an invaluable account of one of the most important theatres of the First World War, written by one of its most senior commanders.
Born in 1863, REINHARD SCHEER succeeded von Pohl as Fleet C-in-C in January 1916 and planned and lead the Jutland operation. After the fleet mutiny in November 1918 he was dismissed by the Kaiser. He died in 1928. DR ANDREW LAMBERT is the author of Admirals: The Naval Commanders who Made Britain Great.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848322097 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848322097 |
| Title | Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War |
| Author | Reinhard Scheer |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 396 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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