German ambitions brought an Anglo-German naval arms race in which the Imperial Navy was built up from a very small one to the world's second most powerful, but insufficient to challenge openly the British blockade of Germany.
German ambitions brought an Anglo-German naval arms race in which the Imperial German Navy was built up from a small force to the world's most modern and second most powerful. However, the Battle of Jutland showed that the High Seas Fleet was not big enough to challenge openly the British blockade of Germany.