The Arms Race was a race to build the biggest army, navy and air force in preparation for looming conflict. All countries except Britain and Germany tried to build colossal armies. Britain and Germany instead tried to build up their respective navies, as Germany wanted their navy to beat the size of Britain's.
In Germany they had the biggest army, and it was the best trained and most powerful out of all armies involved in World War One. However Britain, being completely surrounded by water, had large powerful navy helped to keep the empire safe. Also, it wasn't until after WW1 that Air Force really played its part, as planes were still rather early in development and could not fly from country to country and accurately bomb a target.
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All the countries began a "contest" for who was the best by doing all that stuff. They all really wanted to "show off" their weapons etc. So because of that everyone(countries) are thinking that the other is going to attack them and it kept going on and on. Because of that the countries started making alliances with other countries. When the Archduke of Austria-Hungary was killed and Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Then because of the alliances almost all of Europe was in the war.
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Arms Race was a race to build the biggest Army, Navy and Air force for the Battle that could begin. All countries except Britain and Germany, were trying to build the biggest army anyone had every seen, where as Britain and Germany were trying to Build up their navy as Germany wanted the biggest navy so as to beat Britain. In Germany they had the biggest army and it was the best trained and most powerful out of all armies involved in World War 1, however Britain had a far superior navy and this suited Britain, being completely surrounded by water. Britain also had an empire and a large powerful navy, which helped to keep the empire in check. It wasn't until after WW1 that fighter and bomber command really played its part as planes were, still rather early in development and could not fly from Germany all the way over to Britain and accurately bomb a target.
In the early years of the 20th century, the military strength of a nation showed how much power that certain nation had. Britain had the largest fleet of ships. The ships protected Britain and secured the trade routes within the empire since it was surrounded by water. On the other hand, German army was a successful, and efficient army that had defeated Austria-Hungary and France in the late 1800s. The ruler of Germany wanted to increase its naval forces to beat Britain.
This resulted in Britain & Germany being at naval race. This race would deplete the wealth of both countries and increase the danger of war. Before WW1 had started, in 1914, Britain had 29 dreadnoughts (very advanced ship) and Germany had 17 of the dreadnoughts.
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its the dang atomic bomb
Long Term
The arms race created two rival power blocks after the England developed the Dreadnoughts. This is what lead up to the outbreak of World War I and Britain joining forces with France and Russia.
The number 1 reason. The Kaiser read Mahan's book (published in 1890).
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military expansion in Europe turned into an intense arms race
military expansion in Europe turned into an intense arms race
its the dang atomic bomb
military expansion in Europe turned into an intense arms race
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Long Term
What! There is a race of arms!
In the years preceding World War I, the alliance system and the arms race worked together to bring Europe to the brink of war -- and then into war itself. The alliance system, designed to prevent war, actually forced nations into a war that did not initially involve their economic or political well-being. The arms race among European nations was also a factor inasmuch as it gave confidence to each side that, in the event of war, their accumulated might would ensure victory for their side, especially with the help of sure allies.
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it started the arms race. Russia got atomic arms by espionaje.
It encouraged an arms race