Battle of Jutland: The Inferior Fleet And Decisive Battle

Among naval battles, Trafalgar (1805) and Tsushima (1905) often receive greater attention than Jutland (1916). Yet all three were fleet battles of the kind envisaged by Mahan: Trafalgar and Tsushima produced the decisive results associated with his conception of fleet warfare, whereas Jutland did not; therefore it is sometimes seen as a “failed Trafalgar” by students of naval warfare.

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