Naval Warfare Map
Naval Warfare
A dedicated map for the war at sea: convoy lanes that flow while they are in use, the straits and choke points supplies had to pass, the operating areas of wolfpacks and blockades, fleets and carrier task forces as moving counters, and the legendary sea battles with a phase-by-phase tactical analysis. The same crisp style as the front maps, laid out for the sea.
North Sea 1914–1918 1914–1918
From 1914 to 1918 the Grand Fleet and the High Seas Fleet faced each other across the North Sea. Britain sealed Germany off with a distant blockade between Scotland and Norway and in the Strait of Dover; Germany tried to break that stranglehold with raids on the English coast, mines and, from 1915, submarines. The only full fleet action, at Jutland in 1916, did not change the balance: the High Seas Fleet stayed in port afterwards and the U-boats became Germany's main weapon at sea, until the convoys of 1917 blunted that weapon too.
Map coverage: Schematic map: lanes, patrol lines and zones are simplified by hand from overview maps and show the main outline, not a day-by-day reconstruction. Zones are approximate rings; fleets appear as counters at the centre of their operations and battles at their recorded positions.
- Attack
- Fleet or task force
- Convoy lane or supply line
- Operating area (wolfpack, blockade, minefield)
- Strait or choke point
Lanes flow in the sailing direction while they are in use; rings are operating areas; counters are fleets and task forces. Click a battle or a strait.
- 0 fleets at sea
- Royal Navy and allies
- Imperial German Navy