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In the final episode discussing the naval situation before we the First World War we end up with something of a grab bag of topics the status of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, the 1914/1915 Royal Navy estimates, and the German plans for the war. This is the last episode in this series, I hope you have enjoyed it. When I first started researching for it I thought it would only be 4-5 episodes, and it turned into almost double that. Let me know what you think of long series on larger topics like this one in the comments below.

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Part 7

Between 1906 and 1908 the Germans became very serious about their naval building program, which prompted a response from the leaders in London.

Part 5

Part 4

During the 19th century the Royal Navy would struggle with its legacy and its position in the world. Without a true enemy to fight the question the service tried to find a purpose and a path forward.

Part 2

In part 1 of our investigation into the Anglo-German Naval Arms race that would occur before 1914 we first have to look at the challenger, the Imperial German Navy and begin the story of how it went from a non-factor in European politics to the second largest navy in Europe in the span of just 20 years.