Planning For A war At Sea Flashcards

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What was the naval race

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Britain had the largest navy by 1914, the naval race began because kaiser Wilhelm wanted Germany to become a great world power and to do this he needed to have a navy that could challenge britains navy , the largest in the world. Tripitzs risk theory was that if the German navy was big enough the British navy would stay in port rather than risk being badly damaged in a battle with the German fleet

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What was britain’s two power standard

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That the Royal Navy had to be in equal in size to European two most strongest navies put together . Great Britain followed this policy so that they would have a fleet do big that no other navy would ever aytack it

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What was hms dreadnought

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An important British battleship and was the most powerful battleship ever built , the Germans then built Rhineland a German version of dreadnought

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