In this version of Germany's defeat, the army can claim that the navy's destruction lost the war. Generals who considered the Kaiserliche Marine a waste of money would feel vindicated. The suggested postwar blame narrative could then target naval policy. Its redirection away from the antisemitic scapegoating of the historical stab-in-the-back myth is offered as a possibility.
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A destroyed High Seas Fleet changes Germany's defeat story
If a naval disaster visibly causes Germany's defeat, postwar blame may fall on the High Seas Fleet and the decision to challenge Britain.