But when Germany invaded Belgium, as Britain pledged since 1839 to uphold Belgium's independence and neutrality, Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914. ... However, by the early twentieth century, Germany and America were now outstripping Britain's industrial production, and in 1898, Germany had launched a ship building program which threatened British naval supremacy. An Alliance with Japan in 1902, reduced Britain's naval commitment in the Pacific Ocean and two years later, Britain entered into the entente cordiale with its traditional enemy France. This was not a m...

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Britain was a strong island with a powerful navy, however when challenged by Germany brought insecurities and as a result along with the Moroccan crisis helped to turn the British political opinion against Germany and led Britain to consider whether it ought to land an army on the continent to assist France in the event of war. ... They had lots of political instability with no political great leader and a lack of natural resources. ... The reasons however for this are ˜much more political than technological'. ... The Reichstag found it nearly impossible for an effective leader ...

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During the final year of the war, the British premier, Winston S. Churchill, attended several crucial summits, and in October 1944, he visited Moscow for having talks with the Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. ... The meeting between Churchill and Stalin implies that both the leaders were concerned and looked forward to what could happen when Germany was defeated. ... Even when Churchill lost in the general election in Britain in July 1945, Britain's foreign policies were not changed towards Soviet Union. ... However, for all its disrepute, it should not be acknowledged that the 'p...

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War Plans (1905-1910) Summary By 1910, European leaders expected war. ... In the north, Britain pondered how best to use its superiority at sea. ... While recognizing the importance of minimizing dissent at home, European leaders were also keenly aware of encouraging internal dissent among their enemies' populations. Germany was the most successful at this, empowering unrest in Russia by smuggling the exiled communist leader Vladimir I. ... In response, Nicholas conceded, creating a nominal parliament, or Duma, and legalizing political parties. ...

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Using the Industrial Revolution of Great Britain as a example, Stalin caused a agricultural revolution by his process of collectivization, which created collective farms owned by the government and farmed by peasants. ... Also, Germany proposed a network of bilateral trade agreements that was designed to somewhat unite a politically divided Europe. ... While Stalin revitalized Russia, Hitler revived Germany and then sought to economically control all of Europe, which shows how Hitler was a more ambitious and greater leader. ... He furthered Lenin's work by forcing the Russian populat...

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