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Title: Cassell Military Classics: Jutland: The German Perspective by V.E. Tarrant ISBN: 0-304-35848-7 Publisher: Cassell Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Clear easy to read
Comment: One of the reasons for Germany and Britian being on opposite sides in the First World War was the decision of Germany to build a battle fleet to rival Britian's. By the start of the war Germany had a large modern fleet but it was considerably smaller than Britian's.
The battle of Jutland was an attempt by the German Admiral Scheer to bring to battle a smaller part of the British Fleet and to even up the odds. What occured was a confusing battle which has been very clearly explained in this book. Basically a smaller unit of German Battle Cruiser entered into an engagment with a large unit of British Battle Cruisers. The Germans tried to lure these on to their fleet and instead precipitated an short engagment between both fleets. The Germans returned to port losing some ship to torpedoes.
During the initial fight the German Battle Cruisers were able to sink a number of the British Battle Cruisers. The reasons for this were that the British ships were lightly armoured. British shell design was also faulty and this led to a large number of their "hits" not exploding.
Whilst the Germans sank more ships the engagment was not decisive and the British were able to continue their Blockade of Germany something which contributed significantly to the German defeat. (At the end of the war front line troops were on a ration of 1,500 calories a day)
The book as well as explaining everything clearly and well has a very large number of maps to explain the position and movement of the ships in the battle. In all and example of how naval history should be written.
Rating: 4
Summary: not so german perspective
Comment: A very nice research work since this is the first time the battle is narrated as seen from the german point of view (to english readers). In fact the battle of Skaggerak (german name for it) is a classical sea battle (gun vs gun), but amazingly plenty of data and sources are mainly filed on english side. This book tries to fill the gap since official report, archives, wireless messages and countless files are cited to unveil the encounter plot. The review of most significant facts before the clash is quite intersting and instrumental to catch the genesis of moral ascendancy of British naval power over German High Seas Fleet.
The author work is compelling: sometime the narrative brings the reader on board as witness of action and demage report to the bridge. Comunications are vividly narrated, by the way they were so poor that occasionally they approach hilarity. Unfortunately psychological traits of Adm. Jellicoe and Adm. Beatty are quite clear while Adm. Hipper and Adm. Scheer attitudes fail to pop up from the perspective. So this unbalance (perhaps lack of solid sources on the German eminent players) and a consolidated english historical background are the only limits to this fascinating volume for seriuos fellow of naval history or a general reader like me.
Rating: 4
Summary: a good GENERAL history of the battle
Comment: I can't say I disagree with the reviewer from Hamburg.. this book hardly possesses a German spin at all but instead seems to be unaligned at best.
It does, however, work nicely as a solid overview of the battle, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a book to allow a full understanding of the decisions made in the Battle and what context they sprang from. If you already have such a book on your shelf, you may not find this valuable.
Its appendices capture the germ of the information contained in the altogether dry Campbell work (which deals almost exclusively with forensic examination of shellfire), mixing it with the commanders' actions and a modicum of anecdotes by sailors in various roles within the swirl.
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Title: The Battle of Jutland 1916 by George Bonney ISBN: 075092926X Publisher: Sutton Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea by ROBERT K. MASSIE ISBN: 0679456716 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Jutland, 1916: Death in the Grey Wastes by Nigel Steel, Peter Hart ISBN: 0304358924 Publisher: Cassell Pub. Date: 28 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting by John Campbell ISBN: 1558217592 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Jutland 1916: Clash of the Dreadnoughts (Campaign Series, 72) by Charles London, Howard Gerrard ISBN: 1855329921 Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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