Was Wilhelm II's/Tirpitz's naval expansion actually a bad idea from their perspective?

Should Imperial Germany have built up its navy?


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I see your point. But after the defeat of Russia by the Japanese in 1904-05, the Russians were not a threat to anyone really in the Pacific. The Germans however did have a presence in the Pacific that I would assume the continuation of the Anglo-Jaoanese Treaty would have been a benefit or otherwise why continue? Unless Britain considered the US a threat?
To walk away from an alliance would have made Japan a threat.

It's would have been considered a major insult to Japan to walk out from the alliance.

Also during the alliance Japan became a major trading partners for military technology. Between 1/3 and 95% of the components of every IJN vessel was purchased (or licensed) from the UK. That had a massive economic effect.

As to British forces in the western hemisphere, well quiet simply those were in decline since the end of Napoleon. The Jamacia station was merged into the North American and West Indies station (Bermuda and Halifax) in 1830. In the latter part of the 19th century it wound down.
 
I was trying to see if they continued to ally with Japan now as a way to combat Germany in the Pacific the way you suggested they were allying with Japan initially to keep Russia at bay. The Russian threat in the Pacific seems minimal to nonexistent once the Japanese won the Russo-Japanes War. I can't see why they needed to continue the alliance other than to use in a possible war with Germany. A fact that did happen during the first World War.
 
I was trying to see if they continued to ally with Japan now as a way to combat Germany in the Pacific the way you suggested they were allying with Japan initially to keep Russia at bay. The Russian threat in the Pacific seems minimal to nonexistent once the Japanese won the Russo-Japanes War. I can't see why they needed to continue the alliance other than to use in a possible war with Germany. A fact that did happen during the first World War.

I think they went with Japan to cover all their bases. The Anglo-Russian agreement wasn't signed until 1907 and may not have happened without Russia losing to Japan. If Russia had remained a threat then Britain still has Japan on board. It was a great alliance for Britain no matter who they're fighting.
 
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