Comments by "John Fisher" (@johnfisher9692) on "The Battle of Jutland - Clash of the Titans - Part 2 (Jellicoe vs Scheer)" video.

  1. Why did Scheer pursue Beatty at all? Even without the Pre-Dn's hindering his speed he could nver have caught the BCF and the 5th BS. The only ships that could, 1st SG had shown they didn't have a chance against 5th BS. And why did neither Scheer nor Hipper wonder why Beatty was heading north and not northwest towards Scapa? Did it never occur to them Beatty was skillfuly leading them into the guns of an already at sea Grand Fleet? The German Fleet certainly seems to have gotten the major share of the luck pie that day
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  2. Although Beatty gets massive (and perhaps unfairly) criticism for his signal failings it is clear from this he was far, far from alone in this. If any of his ships had spotted the Germans slinking their way home he would have opened fire. Although the German fleet had more night fighting training I cannot help but think a full on night action would have been suicide as it's obvious, given their multiple near disasters, it would have been a case of hoping you are shooting at the right target. And spotting fall of shot near impossible.
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