{"product_id":"jutland-world-war-is-greatest-naval-battle-foreign-military-studies-9780813166056","title":"Jutland World War Is Greatest Naval Battle","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the first two years of World War I, Germany struggled to overcome a crippling British blockade of its mercantile shipping lanes. With only sixteen dreadnought-class battleships compared to the renowned British Royal Navy's twenty-eight, the German High Seas Fleet stood little chance of winning a direct fight. The Germans staged raids in the North Sea and bombarded English coasts in an attempt to lure small British squadrons into open water where they could be destroyed by submarines and surface boats. After months of skirmishes, conflict erupted on May 31, 1916, in the North Sea near Jutland, Denmark, in what would become the most formidable battle in the history of the Royal Navy.   In  Jutland, international scholars reassess the strategies and tactics employed by the combatants as well as the political and military consequences of their actions. Most previous English-language military analysis has focused on British admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who was widely criticized for exc","brand":"The University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527901061463,"sku":"9780813166056","price":51.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813166056.jpg?v=1731869657","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jutland-world-war-is-greatest-naval-battle-foreign-military-studies-9780813166056","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}