Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Militarism: Naval race
- BRITAIN: Needs a strong navy
- Britain was an
island - to protect
its coastlines
- To protect the overseas empire
- Needed to protect trade ships
- Relied on trade with other nations
- GERMANY: Expanded navy
- Wilhelm ll was jealous of Britain
and their Empire
- He needed a larger navy to protect the empire
- The naval program began in 1898
- BRITAIN : Response to Germany
- Increases size of navy
- The two power standard
changed from Russia and
France to Germany and France
- The idea that Britain would have a
navy big enough that no one would
attack
- New naval ports were built in Scotland
to protect the north sea
- DREADNOUGHT
- Britain built the biggest ship in 1906
- Most powerful ship ever
- Germany developed their own Dreadnought style
- 1914 Britain had 29 DN
class and Germany had 17
- EFFECTS
- Britain felt threatened by germany
- Relations between the two became worse
- Britain signed Naval agreement and alliance
- Entente cordial in 1904 with France
- Secret naval agreement in 1911
- Britain's ships would patrol the North sea and French ships
- And the Mediterranean if war broke out