Why Did Britain Lose World War 1

World War I was mainly a land based war, however there was one major battle that took place in a part of the North Sea called Skagerrak (97 km off the coast of Jutland, Denmark) between the British and the Germans called the battle of Jutland. Britain being an island, needed a great navy in order to protect itself from threats and protect its imported of food and other materials. During World War I, the British Navy planned to destroy the “German High Seas Fleet” in a quick battle and remain in control of the seas. However, the Germans were more then willing to fight. The german’s war strategy relied very little on their naval warfare, but Britain had so much at stake if they lost this battle, so Germany was willing to risk a loss for the chance of a win. If Britain lost this battle, they would lose the war. Winston Churchill (who was First Sea Lord) explained how crucial a British win was. He said, "Admiral Jellicoe is the only commander on either side capable of losing the war in a single afternoon.” So the Germans wanted a chance at weakening or defeating the British Navy in order to gain a huge advantage in the war, while the British wanted to protect their strongest component of their military and remain in the war. The Germans did have a plan to try to even the playing
German Commander Admiral Scheer decided to try to deceive the British again to send out some of their battleships and have theme destroyed by the entire German High Seas Fleet. The actual plan involved sending out battlecruisers under Admiral Hipper to attack merchant ships in the Skagerrak while the entire fleet was slightly behind ready to attack British battlecruisers. This plans failed due to the British intercepting a radio transmission of the plan and ordered the entire British Grand Fleet to leave at night (to avoid German U-boats). May 30th, 1916 both fleets had left ports headed toward