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Last Days of the High Seas Fleet, The - From Mutiny to Scapa Flow

By: Naval Institute Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Naval Institute Press)


Product Info

Title
Last Days of the High Seas Fleet, The - From Mutiny to Scapa Flow
Category
Author
Nicholas C. Jellicoe
Publish Year
2019
Pages
320
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2148193082
Type
Hardcover

Description

On 21 June 1919 the ships of the German High Seas Fleet—interned at Scapa Flow since the Armistice—began to founder taking their British custodians completely by surprise. In breach of agreed terms the fleet dramatically scuttled itself in a well-planned operation that consigned nearly half a million tons and 54 of 72 ships to the bottom of the sheltered anchorage in a gesture of Wagnerian proportions. Using new material from German sources and a host of eye-witness testimonies Nicholas Jellicoe meticulously reconstructs the circumstances of the scuttling itself and clearly lays out the aftermath for all parties involved.