Context: The Grand Fleet was the main fleet of the British Royal Navy during the First World War., Reinhard Scheer (30 September 1863  26 November 1928) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy ("Kaiserliche Marine"). Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet; he progressed through the ranks, commanding cruisers and battleships, as well as major staff positions on land. At the outbreak of World War I, Scheer was the commander of the II Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet. He then took command of the III Battle Squadron, which consisted of the newest and most powerful battleships in the navy. In January 1916, he was promoted to Admiral and given control of the High Seas Fleet. Scheer led the German fleet at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May1 June 1916, one of the largest naval battles in history., Paul Behncke ( 13 August 1869 -- 4 January 1937 ) was a German admiral during the First World War , most notable for his command of the Third Battle Squadron of the German High Seas Fleet during the Battle of Jutland . He was born in Lübeck in 1869 . At the age of fourteen he joined the navy and as an officer commanded a gunboat in the Far East . After studying at the Naval Academy in Kiel he was assigned to the general staff . As commander of the Falke he returned to Chinese waters and on being promoted to the rank of captain he was appointed to the battleship SMS Wettin , and afterwards to the SMS Westfalen . Shortly before the outbreak of the First World War Behncke was promoted to Rear - Admiral and again assigned to the general staff . During the conflict he was opposed to Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz 's theories on submarine warfare , and was appointed head of the III Battle Squadron , composed of the eight most modern battleships of the German navy ( the König and Kaiser classes ) . Leading these ships aboard his flagship SMS König Rear - Admiral Behncke took part in the Battle of Jutland , where he was seriously wounded by a shell splinter and found himself in command of the whole fleet during the third phase of the action . During the 1917 occupation of the Island of Moon he prevented the retreat of part of the Russian fleet and sank the Slava . By that time he had the rank of Vice Admiral and the following year , after the renunciation of admiral Eduard von Capelle , rose to Secretary of State of the Imperial Naval Office , a position he held until the fall of Wilhelm II. Behncke resumed those functions after the war , replacing admiral Adolf von Trotha , and retired from the navy in 1924 . He died in Berlin in 1937 ., The Imperial German Navy ("Imperial Navy") was the navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire. It existed between 1871 and 1919, growing out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the "Norddeutsche Bundesmarine"), which primarily had the mission of coastal defence. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded the navy, and enlarged its mission. The key leader was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, who greatly expanded the size and quality of the navy, while adopting the sea power theories of American strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan. The result was a naval arms race with Britain as the German navy grew to become one of the greatest maritime forces in the world, second only to the Royal Navy. The German surface navy proved ineffective during World War I; its only major engagement, the Battle of Jutland, was indecisive. However, the submarine fleet was greatly expanded and posed a major threat to the British supply system. The Imperial Navy's main ships were turned over to the Allies, but then were sunk at Scapa Flow in 1919 by German crews., The Battle of Jutland (the Battle of Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War. The battle unfolded from 31 May to 1 June 1916 in the North Sea, near the coast of Denmark's Jutland Peninsula. It was the largest naval battle in that war and the only full-scale clash of battleships. Jutland was the third fleet action between steel battleships, following the smaller but more decisive battles of the Yellow Sea (1904) and Tsushima (1905) during the Russo-Japanese War. Jutland was the last major battle fought primarily by battleships in world history., Subject: paul behncke, Relation: conflict, Options: (A) battle of jutland (B) world war (C) world war i
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