Something happened the year after WWI that proved to bring the last German deaths in the war, and marked the end of a true German fleet
Something happened the year after WWI that proved to bring the last German deaths in the war, and marked the end of a true German fleet. The High Seas Fleet was escorted to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands of Scotland in November of 1918. These ships weren’t going back into German hands, in fact they were forbidden to hoist the German flag. What was to be done with them instead was send them to other nations, but by June 21st, 1919, talks are still going. Meanwhile, the German naval high command organized a plan for the final defiance. On that day in June, Peggie Gibson, a 10 year old at the time, recalled, “...both the British Fleet and the German Fleet were lying in Scapa Flow. AMAZON PRIME VIDEO WATCH NOW World War II Total War And out and sailed in the pathway between the ships so that we got a very good view of the ships. We had been warned by the teachers that we hadn’t to make any noise or cheer. And on our way down, we got a message from another ship which said that the Br...