https://www.scapaflow1919.com/
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-scut ... fleet-1919
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-navy-to- ... a-49281737
https://www.die-tagespost.de/aus-aller- ... 309,199092
The scuttling at Scapa Flow was, as German military historian Michael Epkenhans told DW, "a kind of belated victory."
"They had failed to beat the British on the high seas, but thus they made sure that the British and their allies wouldn't get the High Seas fleet," he said, speaking from the Orkney Islands. "It was better than nothing, and, when they came home, they felt like victors, and were treated as heroes. And, if you look at the memoirs of some of the admirals, you can see they really rejoiced about [the scuttling]."