Pretty much, yeah. France did not like Germany and really didn't like a strong, unified Germany.
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I mean, I did say that in the post. Edward not liking Willy and that causing issues, along with mentioning Jackie Fisher and Churchill causing a lot of the issues with the German fleet. IIRC, Fisher was perfectly content with the idea of 'Copenhagening' the German fleet before it got to be a big threat, for example.
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Well shouldn't the onus be shared.
I mean, I did say that in the post. Edward not liking Willy and that causing issues, along with mentioning Jackie Fisher and Churchill causing a lot of the issues with the German fleet. IIRC, Fisher was perfectly content with the idea of 'Copenhagening' the German fleet before it got to be a big threat, for example.