Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was fought on 31 May–1 June 1916, in the North Sea near Jutland, the mainland of Denmark. The combatants were the Kaiserliche Marine's High Seas Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer, and the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.

References

• John Campbell, Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting, Lyons Press http://webpages.charter.net/abacus/news/jutland/cont.htm.
• Andrew Gordon, The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command, London: John Murray, 1996.
• V. E. Tarrant, Jutland: The German Perspective — A New View of the Great Battle, Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
• Nigel Steel and Peter Hart, Jutland 1916: Death in the Grey Wastes, Cassell.