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General => General Discussion => The Great War => Topic started by: Ruckdog on May 09, 2016, 08:57:18 am

Title: Jutland
Post by: Ruckdog on May 09, 2016, 08:57:18 am

We are fast approaching the 100th anniversary of the largest battleship engagement of all time...The Battle Of Jutland! I know of at least one event that will celebrate it. The US Naval War College in Newport, RI will be re-fighting the battle:

https://www.usnwc.edu/About/NWC-Museum/Jutland.aspx

Title: Re: Jutland
Post by: Landlubber on May 09, 2016, 03:55:26 pm

Thanks for posting this Ruck, I'll have to give it a read later.

I had planned to read a book about Jutland on/about the anniversary, but my WW1 reading has been slightly derailed of late (just finished the latest Gaunt's Ghosts book, working on the second Honor Harrington book). I really need to read books on Jutland, Verdun, and the Somme this year, as the hundredth anniversaries of each of those events will be in 2016.

Title: Re: Jutland
Post by: Dakkar on May 09, 2016, 04:42:38 pm

I'm saddened just how little I know about this, and am reminded once again how much my High School History Dept. failed me (with only one notable exception for Medieval History).

Title: Re: Jutland
Post by: Ruckdog on May 12, 2016, 06:20:18 am

No time like the present to learn! The NWC has posted an online exhibit that has a series of articles about the battle:

http://www.usnwcarchive.org/exhibits/show/nwc-battle-jutland