The Battle of Jutland
- Episode aired Nov 17, 1964
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Robert Ryan
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Jutland: A Briefer Course.
The Battle of Jutland was a massive affair, an engagement of many British ships, built around the battleships that were called Dreadnaughts, and a smaller number of similar vessels of the German Navy. It took place in 1916, some 50 miles off the coast of Jutland, on the coast of Denmark, in the bitterly cold North Sea.
In overall command of the British fleet was Admiral Jellicoe, and subordinate to him, commnding a number of battle cruisers, was Beatty. Admiral Scheer commanded the German fleet.
The first exchange was between the battle cruisers of the British and Germans. The set went to the Germans, who sank four of the Brits' ships in the first half hour or so. Further exchanges of shells and torpedoes followed over the course of 24 hours before both fleets returned to their home ports.
It was a tactical victory for the Germans, who outmaneuvered and outshot the British, sinking more of their ships and killing almost four times as many British sailors. But it was a strategic victory for the British. The object of the battle was to control the North Sea, the only exit the Germans had that would reach the Atlantic Ocean. In the end, the British retained control and the Germans, badly mauled, never challenged the Grand Fleet again but initiated instead a more intense and quite effective submarine warfare intended to isolat the British Isles.
This isn't a recent program so it's in black and white, and the graphics are primitive to modern eyes. No reenactors and no talking heads, just Robert Ryan's dramatic narration which manages to keep us abreast of the goings on without too much detail.
In overall command of the British fleet was Admiral Jellicoe, and subordinate to him, commnding a number of battle cruisers, was Beatty. Admiral Scheer commanded the German fleet.
The first exchange was between the battle cruisers of the British and Germans. The set went to the Germans, who sank four of the Brits' ships in the first half hour or so. Further exchanges of shells and torpedoes followed over the course of 24 hours before both fleets returned to their home ports.
It was a tactical victory for the Germans, who outmaneuvered and outshot the British, sinking more of their ships and killing almost four times as many British sailors. But it was a strategic victory for the British. The object of the battle was to control the North Sea, the only exit the Germans had that would reach the Atlantic Ocean. In the end, the British retained control and the Germans, badly mauled, never challenged the Grand Fleet again but initiated instead a more intense and quite effective submarine warfare intended to isolat the British Isles.
This isn't a recent program so it's in black and white, and the graphics are primitive to modern eyes. No reenactors and no talking heads, just Robert Ryan's dramatic narration which manages to keep us abreast of the goings on without too much detail.
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