Today is the 90th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Jutland (31 May-1June 1916)

I only now realized that today is a big anniversary: the 90th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Jutland. The battle is significant as the only large bettle between surface ships only in the 20th Century. Airpower was present, but was not a factor in the outcome. No submarines were present, either. The battle was decided with guns and torpedoes fired from surface ships. While the German losses were less, the strategic significance was the German fleet never seriously considered facing the superior British fleet. Germany, like France, considered itself primarily as a military power, so the Navy was never built up enough to be competitive. The British feared in 1908 and 1909 that if they continued to build at a slow pace, the Germans could match them. The result was the 1909 building program, where they built the Colossus, Hercules, Lion, Princess Royal, Orion, Monarch, Thunderer, and Conqueror, eight battleships and battlecruisers, most with 13.5in guns.