BATTLE OF JUTLAND

BASIC FACTS

• Over 250 Naval ships
• Over 100,000 soldiers
• Began on May 31st 1916

START OF THE NAVAL WAR

• Minor naval battles between the Germans and British called the Heligoland and Dogger Bank.

THE BRITISH

• Had 37 heavy unit ships
• Had 113 small unit ships

GERMANS

• Only had 27 heavy units
• Only had 72 small units

THE BATTLE

• Fighting 1500 yard away from each other's
• British sent a heavy ship which the Germans ended up following which lead into a trap, it brought them right into the British's grand fleet

BATTLE CONTINES

• Germans tried to get the English fleet to come close and destroy their ships with submarines but they couldn't pull it off.

AFTER THE WAR

• Germans claimed the victory to be theirs because they sunk more ships
• British lost 14 ships with over 6,000 deaths
• Germans lost 9 ships with over 2,500 deaths