Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
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title:
Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow
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On 21 June 1919, shortly after the end of the First World War, the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet was scuttled by its sailors while held off the harbour of the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The fleet was interned there under the terms of the Armistice of 11 November 1918 while negotiations took place over its fate. Fearing that either the British would seize the ships unilaterally or the German government at the time might reject the Treaty of
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Destruction of interned warships, 21 June 1919
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuttling_of_the_German_fleet_at_Scapa_Flow
date created:
2008-07-30T00:53:11Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T22:07:36Z
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