Frank Nagler

The result of an Anglo-German conference commemorating the 90th anniversary of the battle, the particular charm of this collection of essays is the clear-eyed German professional dubiousness about the whole purpose of the Imperial German High Seas Fleet, the strategic barrenness of the actual battle, and the desperate efforts of the German naval officer corps to make the contest seem relevant and justify their professional existence. Besides that I found the German after-action reports dealing with the ships "Seydlitz," "Lutzow" and "Wiesbaden" particularly enlightening. Also, from the British perspective, Andrew Lambert makes a good argument that Jackie Fisher's proposed Baltic operation was more viable than has generally been recognized.… (altro)