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- From: dgd@kcbbs.gen.nz (David Dix)
- Subject: Re: Jutland
- Message-ID: <Bxo1D4.6Ip@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Kappa Crucis Unix BBS, Auckland, New Zealand
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:46:16 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From dgd@kcbbs.gen.nz (David Dix)
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- Edward J. Rudnicki writes:
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- >It is in the propaganda/public relations arena that things get interesting.
- >Both sides claimed victory (of course :), but the accuracy of claims,
- >and a few other factors, gave the PR win to the Germans for much of the rest
- >of the war: the Germans claimed six major British units sunk, and this
- >was confirmed. The British, however, claimed 4 or 5 battleships AND 4 or 5
- >battle cruisers sunk. When the truth, one each, became known, this fact
- >combined with the AUDACIOUS coverup caused extreme skepticism of the
- >Admiralty's claims.
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- Are you referring to the battleship AUDACIOUS that was one of the Royal Navy's
- latest acquisitions when it was sunk on 27 October 1914 by a mine off the
- north coast of Ireland?
- What was the AUDACIOUS coverup? Did the admiralty not want the public to
- know the battleship was lost? When was the coverup exposed? What was the
- public's reaction?
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