As some WW1 naval guys know the SMS Goeben and the Light cruiser Breslau headed to Constantinople and upon making it assisted in bring the Ottoman Empire into WW1. What happened before they made it was an admiral named Troubridge was sent to slow down the Battlecruiser with 4 armored cruisers and was in a position to do so.
However he chose not to because he realized that 4 armored cruisers dont equal 1 Battlecruiser. Something the British would discover at Jutland when the Defence was blown up and something Fisher (mastermind of Dreadnaught) said would happen.
Now I got a simulator called NWS Steam and Iron and using it I replayed the scenario and saw why Troubridge was afraid.
By keeping Breslau from harm and keeping Goeben at arms length I sank two of the armored cruisers (HMS Defence and HMS Warrior, turret flash fire on Defence and 2 torpedo hits on Warrior, both Goeben kills) and made it to the objective while the British BC's were about 30 minutes away.
In real life what would be the result of this fiasco? Churchill avoided it by Troubridge's "Cowardice" but with him a useless hero can he escape? Could it possibly allow the British to discover the Flash Fire issue and possibly stop the BC losses at Jutland (Both suspected Flash Fire victims).
However he chose not to because he realized that 4 armored cruisers dont equal 1 Battlecruiser. Something the British would discover at Jutland when the Defence was blown up and something Fisher (mastermind of Dreadnaught) said would happen.
Now I got a simulator called NWS Steam and Iron and using it I replayed the scenario and saw why Troubridge was afraid.
By keeping Breslau from harm and keeping Goeben at arms length I sank two of the armored cruisers (HMS Defence and HMS Warrior, turret flash fire on Defence and 2 torpedo hits on Warrior, both Goeben kills) and made it to the objective while the British BC's were about 30 minutes away.
In real life what would be the result of this fiasco? Churchill avoided it by Troubridge's "Cowardice" but with him a useless hero can he escape? Could it possibly allow the British to discover the Flash Fire issue and possibly stop the BC losses at Jutland (Both suspected Flash Fire victims).