Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War

by Reinhard Scheer, Marcus Faulkner (Introduction), Andrew Lambert (Introduction)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473838284
Publisher:	Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date:	01/24/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	375
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

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.