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The High Seas Fleet did quite well in combat with the Grand Fleet. Jutland could have gone a lot worse for the British. Suppose that the entire British Battle Cruiser squadron was eliminated and attacks by German Destroyers eliminated another 5 British Battleships. It would have been the Greatest British Naval disaster of the war and might well have lead to a government crisis. Supose that this had happen and as a resulkt the British Government was more willing to accept peace talks with Germany in 1916. Might the war have ended much sooner and at a lesser cost of life?
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