Western Civilization II / Unit 14 WC2 1302 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Imperial Rivalry, the Naval Race, and Nationalism Turned Hostile
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The idea
Empires abutted in Africa and Asia, and Germany's fleet-building under Tirpitz from the late eighteen nineties challenged Britain at sea. Nationalism became resentment: Englishmen fearing Germany, Germans despising Slavs, Italy resenting its rank. Newspapers taught electorates that patriotism meant willingness to kill.
In practice
The Dreadnought of nineteen oh-six outclassed every rival.
Where people slip
The anchor says the eighties; the Fleet Acts began in ninety-eight.
Your place on the trail
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