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Explain the importance of the war at sea
to the final outcome of the war
By 1914 was, by far, the most powerful navy in the entire world and the government had the a policy, that in order to keep their empire within reach from attack, they must have a larger navy than the worlds two next largest navies put together.
Even before the war had started, there was a frantic race between the British and the Germans to build as many ships as they possibly could, this was known as the naval arms race. ... The Germans had also started building the dreadnoughts, but then, they had thought of a more cunning plan, they had started building submarines, which would soon result into a U-boat campaign, which would prove effective, but also lead to America joining the war, on the allied side.
Many people had thought that the Royal Navy would decide the winner of the war, and as the war on the western front had turned to stalemate, the British people had relied on the navy to break the stalemate. ... One of the British policies was quite clear to cut off all supplies from the sea, and to starve her by with holding food and raw materials.
Approximate Word count = 957
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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