ø Germany's High Sea Fleet in the World War by Admiral Scheer.
The Pursuit of the Goeben and the Breslau. Relations between the two countries would reach a new low as the result of this race and it would almost assure Britain's joining the Franco-Russian side in the event of conflict. The British were acutely aware of this fact. While the defeat of the German navy would never, in itself, ensure the absolute defeat of Germany, the defeat of the British navy would spell the end of the island-based power and its empire. This launched the great arms race for the building of the dreadnought class ships. Rather than give Britain's large navy an even bigger advantage over Germany's small coastal fleet, it put them on an almost equal footing overnight, really only one battleship ahead. HMS Dreadnought represented a true terror weapon of the day whose speed, armament, and firepower obsoleted every other battleship then in existence. The British completion of the HMS Dreadnought on, brought very unexpected results. 
Trenches on the Web - Timeline: 1905-1914 - The Dreadnought Race
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