This is going to be long introduction, but please bear with me.
While editing the previous essay by Mihály, I was researching his Bibliography to confirm various items found in the essay. Some of these were his previously published works in Hadtörténelmi Közlemények (Military History Bulletins), an Hungarian Military Journal. One of these items was a brief history of the Skagerrack Battle (Jutland). I found this interesting, and convinced him and his co-author to let me translate it and include it on NavWeaps.
Now, let me say right up front: This essay is not for anyone who has been in this forum for more than a few years. You will find little new here.
Yes, absolutely, there are a 100 books written about Jutland/Skagerrak and most of us have read or owned several of them. There’s nothing new to be learned. Ditto for books about Bismarck or Iowa or Yamato. However, here’s a thought for you – how do you lure new, younger people into reading one of those long books? Or, for that matter, reading anything longer than a YouTube video description? I asked Mihály, "have your children expressed any interest in reading one of your books? The WWII generation has passed from the scene, their children (like me) are dying out at a rapid pace. So, ask yourself – who is going to read your next, great book?" Which is how I convinced him to to let me add the essay to NavWeaps (sometimes, an editor has to get rough with an author Image may be NSFW.
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One of the reasons I first created the History and Technology section of NavWeaps was to lure people with only a passing interest in Naval matters into delving deeper. And, you may think that it’s funny, but that’s exactly what lured Matt Lam to NavWeaps and made him offer to help me convert the coding of NavWeaps into the 21st century. For those reasons, a short history of Jutland, at least something better than the Wiki dreck, appeals to me as a way of drawing in younger readers.
Thank you for your patience.
History and Technology Section of NavWeaps
While editing the previous essay by Mihály, I was researching his Bibliography to confirm various items found in the essay. Some of these were his previously published works in Hadtörténelmi Közlemények (Military History Bulletins), an Hungarian Military Journal. One of these items was a brief history of the Skagerrack Battle (Jutland). I found this interesting, and convinced him and his co-author to let me translate it and include it on NavWeaps.
Now, let me say right up front: This essay is not for anyone who has been in this forum for more than a few years. You will find little new here.
Yes, absolutely, there are a 100 books written about Jutland/Skagerrak and most of us have read or owned several of them. There’s nothing new to be learned. Ditto for books about Bismarck or Iowa or Yamato. However, here’s a thought for you – how do you lure new, younger people into reading one of those long books? Or, for that matter, reading anything longer than a YouTube video description? I asked Mihály, "have your children expressed any interest in reading one of your books? The WWII generation has passed from the scene, their children (like me) are dying out at a rapid pace. So, ask yourself – who is going to read your next, great book?" Which is how I convinced him to to let me add the essay to NavWeaps (sometimes, an editor has to get rough with an author Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
).One of the reasons I first created the History and Technology section of NavWeaps was to lure people with only a passing interest in Naval matters into delving deeper. And, you may think that it’s funny, but that’s exactly what lured Matt Lam to NavWeaps and made him offer to help me convert the coding of NavWeaps into the 21st century. For those reasons, a short history of Jutland, at least something better than the Wiki dreck, appeals to me as a way of drawing in younger readers.
Thank you for your patience.
History and Technology Section of NavWeaps
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