The Battle of Jutland May 31,1916 By: Jackson Zariski, Eugene Tou, Emi Estalilla, Dana McCaw, and Paari Gopal Eugene

Thesis The Battle of Jutland between the British and German navies led to the usage of German submarines, which ultimately resulted in the increase of German naval power as the Germans stood up to the almighty British navy. The newfound confidence and improvements in naval warfare of Germany led to the eventual entry of the US as well. Eugene

Leading Up to the Battle Exchange of gunfire between British and German scout ships (history.com). British fleet met the German fleet near coast of Denmark (history.com). British Naval Leader: Admiral John Jellicoe. German Naval Leader: Admiral Reinhard Scheer (history.com). Jutland was the first time that the British and Germans battled on a large scale. Afterwards, only small skirmishes took place for the rest of the war and both navies took a major hit. Paari

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The Battle: May 1916 About 250 ships totaled, with nearly 100,000 men aboard (history.com). British took heavy hits from Scheer’s battleships. Jellicoe almost lost the battle before it really began but managed to save his fleet through brilliant maneuvering tactics (history.com). Later, Jellicoe directed his ships using a naval formation known as “Crossing the T.” Jellicoe’s ships finally won, and Scheer was forced to retreat (history.com). England retained North sea control after Jutland. Both sides still claimed victory. Each country won in a different way: British victory of strategy. They pushed the Germans back. German victory of material/supply The British lost thousands of men, ships, and equipment. Germany only lost about half the number (history.com). Thus Jutland was considered just as much of a German victory as a British one. Jackson

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Significance Only major naval battle of World War I (firstworldwar.com). It was the culmination of the Race to The Sea. German surface naval power would never be prominent again; the Germans turned to submarines as their primary naval weapon (firstworldwar.com). Jutland was one of the major contributing factors to the United States' involvement in the war (history.com). Dana and Emi

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Significance cont... Britain was no longer invincible. Germans’ psychological win: ego boost! Fact of their navy still existing led to... Unrestricted submarine warfare Extraneous citizen involvement Germans killed a ship of 100+ Americans and British Stopped for a while Started again as starving the British would help them win the war America then joined WWI Dana and Emi

Works Cited http://www.history.com/ www.battle-of-jutland.com http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/jutland.htm http://www.resources4schools.co.uk/brogfxsml/th-jutland1916.jpg www.design-site.net