The fighting in the First World War had raged for two years. Although massive battles had taken place on land, the great naval powers had yet to engage in a full-scale confrontation. But in May 1916, that was about to change. The mighty dreadnoughts of the British and German navies set sail from their bases, heading toward each other in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark's Jutland peninsula. In those fog-shrouded waters, where the future was uncertain, the fate of the First World War teetered on the edge. Would the German fleet overpower the British and secure a decisive naval victory, or would the more formidable British navy come out on top?