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Tirpitz in his memiors (a free download for your Nook), mentions the Kaiser was aware that at this point, even if Bethman and others were not that a world war was possible (Blank Check to Austria had been issued July 5th). Tirpitz believed Germany shoud have been discreetly buying war strategic materials at this point while there was still time before an English blockage cut them off.

Question is, what could Germany have done from July 5th to early August to better prepare for war?????? Some ideas:

1) Buying phophates, copper, rubber, nickel etc...
2) Bring back the most valuable merchant ships and liners.
3) Send supply ships out to the colonies
4) Fit out more merchant raiders.
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