Sims Papers [hereafter Sims Papers], correspondence files, box 68, Jutland file 1, Library of Congress ... Hone and Trent Hone, Battle Line: The United States Navy, 1919–1939 (Annapolis, MD: Naval ...

This was the Battle of Jutland – thousands of deaths, and not the easy victory the Brits were expecting. In fact, it was hard to tell who’d actually won. How did the Brits get it so wrong?