The Great Scuttle: The End of the German High Seas Fleet: Witnessing History

by David Meara

Book Overview

After the German surrender in November 1918, the German High Seas Fleet was interned at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, the anchorage for the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet throughout the First World War. Determined not to see his ships fall into the hands of the Allied Powers as the protracted peace negotiations at Versailles dragged on, the German commander, Admiral Von Reuter, decided to scuttle his fleet and secretly passed orders between his ships...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445687003
• ISBN13: 9781445687001
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages