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To what extent was the naval race the main cause of World War 1?
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∙ 16y ago
Probably not very much. The British didn't like that the Germans were building an oceangoing navy, but they weren't about to declare war over it. The assassination of an Austrian royal by a Serbian nationalist in July, 1914 triggered both countries to mobilize for war, followed by their allies, and Germany ultimately felt it needed to invade France before France and Russia could mobilize completely and invade Germany from two directions. All very complicated and very tragic. The naval aspect of World War I was pretty minor -- Britain and its allies effectively blockaded Germany and its allies, and the German navy was too weak to do anything about it, although it did sink a lot of British merchant shipping with its submarines.
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