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No argument about how the Brits botched Jutland. But since the German Navy was a non-factor after that anyway, how would a victory have shortened the war by 2 y
by AlbertCory 4y ago
No argument about how the Brits botched Jutland. But since the German Navy was a non-factor after that anyway, how would a victory have shortened the war by 2 years?
- credit_guy 4y agoThe Russians had offered to the British to land on the Baltic shore of Germany and march towards Berlin, if only the Brits could take them there. With the High Seas Fleet still in being, the Royal Navy had its Grand Fleet tied in patrol duties in the North Sea. In the event of a victory at Jutland, the UK could have taken the Russian offer. Russia was quite serious about going on an offensive, they started the Brusilov campaign only days after Jutland. If the Germans were forced to move troops to protect Berlin, then either the Western or the Eastern front might have collapsed.
- AlbertCory 4y agoInteresting. I've done a lot of reading and I've never heard this. There seem to be a lot of hypotheticals here. The Russians were pretty incompetent, plus it's not clear the UK would have taken them up on it. But could be.