Should England have stayed out of WW1? A very good discussion, english, of course :)

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by THEBERBSTER

The Kaiser had imperial ambitions that threatened the British Empire at the time especially India which was England’s jewel in the crown.

Germany started building up its navy in the early 1900’s by building its might in the Dreadnaught’s as England at the time had the most powerful navy in the world.

I agree that Britain was pushed into a position of having little or no choice, mainly because but not solely on the above points and whilst accepting that hindsight is a wonder to behold it must have appeared to the British government at the time that Britain had potentially more to lose than the other belligerents.

Once the lid on the European pressure cooker was removed Britain had little choice other than to protect her interests as was the position for so many other countries.