USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -From 1898 onwards, Germany began to create a battle fleet. A shipbuilding arms race with Britain soon began. From 1906, this naval race became focused on the construction of a new class of battleship developed in Britain – the dreadnought.

Detailed explanation-2: -started a programme to build new warships. spent money informing people about rationing, blackouts and gasmasks. organised a Ministry of Supply to ensure overseas supplies continued. met with trade unions to ensure they agreed on wartime working regulations and wages.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was because the British paid for more ships and more guns than anyone else. By the early 18th century the British people had come to believe passionately that the best defence of their lives, liberty and religion, and the surest way of making money, lay at sea.