Distant Victory

For the past nine decades, the Battle of Jutland has been history's most hotly debated and least understood naval action. Though it has often been treated as a tactical German victory or else as a draw, and dismissed as strategically indecisive, it is remembered by historians for its lost opportunities, mistakes, and sheer scale - the largest naval surface action ever fought and the greatest clash of battleships the world would ever see. This is an examination of that great sea fight, a retelling of the battle that reveals its long-term consequences set in motion by the decisions both the Germans and the British made as a result of each fleet's experience at Jutland.