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Historical Teachings on the Failure of the German Imperial Navy in Geopolitical Perspective

Authors
Wanyuan Peng1, Lin Wang1, *
1Chang An Campus of Northwest Polytechnical University, Xian, Shanxi, China
*Corresponding author. Email: langsam@mail.nwpu.edu.cn
Corresponding Author
Lin Wang
Available Online 13 February 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_164How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Geopolitics; Land and Sea Composite State; German Empire; Navy; Naval development
Abstract

At the beginning of its establishment, the German Empire followed the Prussian emphasis on the land army and neglected the development of the navy. However, as Wilhelm II came to power, the empire's resources began to be tilted toward the navy, making its naval military power leap to the second in the world before World War I. From the perspective of geopolitics, as a land and sea composite state, the German Empire needed to deal with the pressure from both sea and land directions in developing its navy, as well as the dispersion of strategic resources, which contributed to the failure of the Imperial Navy in WWI. Therefore, for this kind of composite state, in developing naval power and land power at the same time, it is necessary to take a balanced approach and balance the resources from both directions; if the navy is over-expanded, it will certainly cause the traditional naval power countries and neighboring countries to be defensive and hostile, which will eventually lead to limited development.

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Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
13 February 2023
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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_164
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2352-5398
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