Germany was also in an unofficial war with britain for naval superiority. they doubled their naval battle fleet as britain’s royal navy produced the first dreadnought battleship which could outgun and outrun any other battleship in existence. not to be outdone, germany built its own fleet of dreadnoughts. by the start of world war i, the european powers were not just prepared for war, they expected it and some even counted on it to increase their world standing.

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Certainly, one of the most important aspects to consider about World War I was the arms race (or Armed Peace for some historians). At the end of the 19th century, several European countries began to seek political and Belic power, only to stand out over the others. Many of them unified their territories just recently (Germany and Italy, for example), and they wanted to be seen and regarded. The nationalism and the fear to be attacked by another country created this tension which would leads, among several other events, to World War I.

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