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14th June 1900: Anglo-German naval arms race triggered by the Second German Naval Law to double the size of the fleet

Published: June 14, 2024, 2:05 a.m.

The enactment of the Second Naval Law represented an ambitious plan to double the size of the German fleet, but with the British Royal Navy having long been the world\u2019s dominant maritime force Germany\u2019s naval expansion was perceived as a direct challenge to British ...