WWI Naval Combat Discussion Thread
The First World War had what is perhaps some of the most intriguing naval combat the world has ever seen.
It saw the death of the Armored Cruiser, the birth of and death of the Battlecruiser, the early beginnings of Naval Aviation, the discovery of the sub as a viable weapon, and the glory years for the Dreadnoughts.
From the U-boat war, to Jutland, WWI featured some amazing historical events that are still fun to analyze today.
There is so much to discuss, U-boats, Beatty vs. Jellicoe (Jutland Contraversy), Fischer's arguments with Churchill, the flaws of Fischer's Battlecruiser designs, the Dardanelles Campaign, etc.
Let's have some nice fun here.
Markreich
25-11-2006, 12:31
Barring "The Emden", World War One's naval theatre was rather dull.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Emden
Neu Leonstein
25-11-2006, 12:34
Barring "The Emden", World War One's naval theatre was rather dull.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Emden
What about SMS Breslau and SMS Goeben? You could make a movie about those!
Markreich
25-11-2006, 12:46
What about SMS Breslau and SMS Goeben? You could make a movie about those!
For what? Running away a lot, shelling Bone, sinking two monitors and being turned over the the Turks?
Sorry, but hardly movie worthy compared to The Emden!
Neu Leonstein
25-11-2006, 12:49
Sorry, but hardly movie worthy compared to The Emden!
It would have to be a psychothriller, not a war movie.
Markreich
25-11-2006, 12:51
It would have to be a psychothriller, not a war movie.
Ah! Got it! :)
Wanderjar
25-11-2006, 15:09
Not as exciting as the USS Batfish (Yes I know thats WWII)
The Black Forrest
25-11-2006, 22:12
What about SMS Breslau and SMS Goeben? You could make a movie about those!
They could but the Emden would probably be better when you consider it's destruction and part of the crew basically walked back to Germany while battling pirates, Bedouin and dodging the Royal navy...
Yootopia
26-11-2006, 00:18
What a cock-up Churchill engineered at Gallipoli...
And our actions after Juttland were pretty disgraceful as well, sadly.
What a cock-up Churchill engineered at Gallipoli...
And our actions after Juttland were pretty disgraceful as well, sadly.
What are you getting with on this one? The removal of Jellicoe as CO of the Grand Fleet after Jutland?
Yootopia
26-11-2006, 00:58
What are you getting with on this one? The removal of Jellicoe as CO of the Grand Fleet after Jutland?
No, the starvation of Germany. Which was horrible.
No, the starvation of Germany. Which was horrible.
The blockade is what won the war. If the Brits didn't do that, the war would've ended up going on for many more years.
Punisher89
26-11-2006, 01:11
man screw ww1.
ww2 air navel battles where cooler
Yootopia
26-11-2006, 01:18
ww2 air navel battles where cooler
Air navel battles, eh?
"Argh my nipple is cold"
"RRRARRRGH GOTTA TAKE THE PAIN!!!"
"Must... not... put shirt... back... on..."
"ACH DAMMIT! *puts on shirt*
"Yes! I win this air navel battle! You owe me a fiver!"
Yootopia
26-11-2006, 01:19
The blockade is what won the war. If the Brits didn't do that, the war would've ended up going on for many more years.
Still not really up for it, it killed millions.
The Kiel uprising deserves mention, considering it ended the war.
The Kiel uprising deserves mention, considering it ended the war.
and it occurred because of the blockade.
It should be noted that Robert K. Massie, one of the foremost experts on WWI, stated that the Blockade likely saved millions more lives than it cost.
If that blockade never occurred, the stalemate in Europe would've lasted much longer.