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- From: mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Markus Stumptner)
- Subject: Re: Jutland
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- Organization: NCR Corporation -- Law Department
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 16:25:54 GMT
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- From mst@vexpert.dbai.tuwien.ac.at (Markus Stumptner)
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- john@sekrit.wpi.edu (John Stoffel):
- > That is true, but remember that the British were very paranoid about
- > letting the German High fleet out among their merchant shipping. The
- > german submarines were bad enough, but a Fleet (or even small groups)
- > would have wreched tons of havoc. Another influence is the british
- > pride of not being successfully invaded since 1066, etc. How would
- > the british population react if the seacoast towns and villages were
- > suddenly shelled by an enemy. You would see lots of admirals getting
- > tossed then.
-
- Actually, shelling British coastal towns was the standard German way
- of provoking the British, both before Jutland (I think this also led
- to the Dogger Bank fight) and in the sortie that was mentioned
- recently here, in August 1916..
-
- > Please don't take the passage I quoted out of context. I started at
- > an arbitrary point and ended at an arbitrary point, so I could support
- > my points about Jutland. Please read the book (which is so-so in my
- > mind. Nothing really inovative as far as I could see.
-
- I found The Face of Battle much better. Your remark sums it up
- nicely.
-
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