
World War Civ 14b: Anglo-German Naval Race pt2 – The Dreadnoughts
The Anti Empire Project with Justin Podur
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The British Diplomats Are Anti-German
British diplomats were becoming increasingly anti-German. Morocco in 1905, the Bosnia crisis, the second Morocco, the naval race all these things added up to make them see Germany as an aggressive threat. So from the German perspective, the appearance of the first dreadnought is a clear fork in the road. You've spent a lot of money building battleships and those battleships are now already obsolete. Do you keep up the race, invest even more money in these massive super ships? Or do you just give it up and try to mend fences with the British? That's thinking like the Germans now.
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