Название: The Royal Navy and the War at Sea - 1914-1919: Despatches from the Front
Автор: Martin Mace
Издательство: Pen & Sword
ISBN: 1781593175
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB/AZW3/PDF (conv)
Страниц: 224
Размер: 10,0 МБ
Язык: Английский

Germany's attempts to build a battleship fleet to match that of the United Kingdom, the dominant naval power on the 19th-century and an island country that depended on seaborne trade for survival, is often listed as a major reason for the enmity between those two countries that led to the outbreak of war in 1914. Indeed, German leaders had expressed a desire for a navy in proportion to their military and economic strength that could free their overseas trade and colonial empire from dependence on Britain's good will, but such a fleet would inevitably threaten Britain's own trade and empire.