The day the entire German fleet surrendered - moved by moderator

[Kevin]

i will remove if this offends anyone

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30128199

 

 

[vossy]

G'day Kevin, as ex-RAN i love this post! Long live the Puss

[Keith_W]

Thank you for the link!

 

FWIW I don't see why it should offend anyone any more than the Spanish or French should be offended over Trafalgar, or the British should be offended for losing the War of Independence, etc.

[WackoWolf]

Thanks for the link. If I say what I want to say this would get delete so I won't say, but believe me I am not offended by any means.

[mtaylor]

Robin,

 

That info is buried in a sidebar.  Here's a cut and paste of it:

 

BBC Your Paintings

 

To see more war paintings like The German Fleet at Anchor off Inchkeith, Firth of Forth: After the Surrender, 22 November 1918, by Charles Pears at the top of the page, go to BBC Your Paintings

 

[DBorgens]

Kevin,

Thank you for posting this great piece of history that is new to me (ignorant Yank!).

Dave B

[hexnut]

A short time indeed.  The Ostfriesland, for example was state of the art when commissioned in 1911, but obsolete just 10 years later in 1921 when destroyed by aerial bombs by the nascent US Army Air Corps.

 

Of note also though, is that it could be argued that the surrender was made possible as much by the sailors mutinies at Wilhelmshaven and Kiel, by personnel that had certainly proved their worth at the battle of Jutland, but did not see any point in fighting anymore...

[flying_dutchman2]

Great link thanks and it is called "History".