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Dramatic, illustrated account of the biggest naval battle of the First World War.

On 31 May, 1916, the great battle fleets of Britain and Germany met off Jutland in the North Sea. It was a climactic encounter, the culmination of a fantastically expensive naval race between the two countries, and…

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Following the story of the Battle of Jutland, as told here, felt like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat that wasn’t there. Bad intelligence, poor planning, and very bad luck turned this naval engagement into an extremely costly draw, the casualties suffered by both sides looking more like senseless sacrifice comparable with the horrors of trench warfare.

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