Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Jutland ...

Some think Jutland assured British sea domination.

I'm not so sure. It was only part of sea fighting.

The following, showing Allied tonnage lost to German U-Boats in WWI. This is not British domination of the sea.

Via Wikipedia:

Allied and Neutral Tonnage sunk by submarines in World War I

Month19141915191619171918
January47,98181,259368,521306,658
February59,921117,547540,006318,957
March80,775167,097593,841342,597
April55,725191,667881,027278,719
May120,058129,175596,629295,520
June131,428108,851687,507255,587
July109,640118,215557,988260,967
August62,767185,866162,744511,730283,815
September98,378151,884230,460351,748187,881
October87,91788,534353,660458,558118,559
November19,413153,043311,508289,21217,682
December44,197123,141355,139399,212
Total312,6721,307,9962,327,3266,235,8782,666,942
Grand Total 12,850,815 gross tons

1917:

In April, US Rear Admiral William Sims arrived in London as US Naval Liaison. He was dismayed to be informed by the Admiralty that Germany would win the war if its submarines went unchecked, and cabled Washington to have USN destroyers despatched to Queenstown, Ireland, from where they were to patrol to the west.

Had America not come into the war, Britain would have starved.

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