About this episode

This episode features naval historian Simon Harley discussing the Battle of Jutland.

For almost two years, the war on the Continent had been raging. The Battle of Verdun has already happened, but the real bloodshed had not even started yet, with the Battle of the Somme only a month away.While the European land armies have been fighting on a scale not seen since Napoleon a century earlier, major conflicts at sea were rare in spite of the major belligerents having great and powerful fleets. Like two heavyweight boxers wary of each other, the surface fleets of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserliche Marine stared at each other across the North Sea, throwing a jab here or there, but not committing for a hard fight. Then, in the early morning hours of May 31st, Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper's I Scouting Group got underway from the Jade estuary and headed north. This episode, we are going to look back at the Battle of Jutland with Simon Harley, naval historian, Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and co-editor of The Dreadnought Project online resource. For his day job he sells vintage British motorcycle spares.You can at this link, or via the Spotify widget below. Show Links Simon Harley on X Battle of Jutland Timeline , Imperial War Museum The Dreadnought…

People in this episode

Host: Midrats

Guest: Simon Harley

Topics covered

• naval history
• World War I
• Battle of Jutland
• military strategy
• historical analysis

Keywords

• Battle of Jutland
• Simon Harley
• naval historian
• World War I
• Royal Navy
• Kaiserliche Marine
• military history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Royal Historical Society, The Dreadnought Project

Books & works: The Fighting Fleets, Castles of Steel, Clash of Fleets

Places: North Sea, Jade estuary

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