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Allegedly, while discussing the battle in the admiral's mess along with other admirals from Berlin (among them Holtzendorff), the conversation turned to what motives would be attributed to Scheer's tactics, to which he replied, "My idea? I had no idea. I wanted to help the poor ''Wiesbaden''. And then I thought I had better throw in the cruisers in full strength. The thing just happened—as the virgin said when she got a baby."<ref>von Weizsäcker. ''Memoirs of Ernest von Weizsäcker''. p. 33.</ref> | Allegedly, while discussing the battle in the admiral's mess along with other admirals from Berlin (among them Holtzendorff), the conversation turned to what motives would be attributed to Scheer's tactics, to which he replied, "My idea? I had no idea. I wanted to help the poor ''Wiesbaden''. And then I thought I had better throw in the cruisers in full strength. The thing just happened—as the virgin said when she got a baby."<ref>von Weizsäcker. ''Memoirs of Ernest von Weizsäcker''. p. 33.</ref> | ||
==Evaluation in Print== | |||
[[Arthur Marder (Naval Historian)|Arthur Marder]] wrote in 1978 that tactically, "since neither fleet was able to inflict a crippling blow on the other, the battle belongs to the series of inconclusive battles or partial victories which are the rule in naval warfare."<ref>Marder. ''From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''. '''III'''. p. 252.</ref> | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 18:42, 14 July 2010
Allegedly, while discussing the battle in the admiral's mess along with other admirals from Berlin (among them Holtzendorff), the conversation turned to what motives would be attributed to Scheer's tactics, to which he replied, "My idea? I had no idea. I wanted to help the poor Wiesbaden. And then I thought I had better throw in the cruisers in full strength. The thing just happened—as the virgin said when she got a baby."[1]
Evaluation in Print
Arthur Marder wrote in 1978 that tactically, "since neither fleet was able to inflict a crippling blow on the other, the battle belongs to the series of inconclusive battles or partial victories which are the rule in naval warfare."[2]
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