Tirpitz risk theory

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military doctrine naval strategy pre–World War I concept

Tirpitz risk theory was a pre–World War I German naval strategy asserting that building a powerful battle fleet would deter Britain by making any conflict at sea too risky for the Royal Navy.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military doctrine ⓘ naval strategy ⓘ pre–World War I concept ⓘ
appliedInConflict	World War I naval strategy of the German Empire ⓘ
appliesTo	Imperial German Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	German–British naval arms race ⓘ High Seas Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAssumption	Britain depended on command of the sea for security and trade ⓘ Britain would avoid naval war if its fleet faced unacceptable losses ⓘ
coreIdea	create a German battle fleet strong enough to inflict heavy damage on the Royal Navy ⓘ use fleet strength as a political deterrent rather than for immediate offensive war ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedFor	overestimating deterrent value of a near–parity fleet ⓘ provoking rather than preventing British counter–armament ⓘ underestimating Britain’s determination to maintain naval supremacy ⓘ
developedInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
field	international relations ⓘ naval strategy ⓘ
formulatedBy	Alfred von Tirpitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	Anglo–German rivalry before World War I ⓘ European great power competition before 1914 ⓘ
historicalOutcome	did not stop Britain from entering World War I ⓘ failed to prevent British naval superiority ⓘ
implementedThrough	First Naval Law of 1898 NERFINISHED ⓘ German Naval Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Naval Law of 1900 NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Mahanian naval theory NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedFormationOf	German dreadnought battleship program ⓘ structure of the Imperial German battle fleet ⓘ
intendedEffect	force Britain to consider Germany’s interests in foreign policy ⓘ increase Germany’s international prestige ⓘ support German Weltpolitik ⓘ
mainObjective	deter the United Kingdom from going to war with Germany at sea ⓘ make any Anglo–German naval war too costly for Britain ⓘ
namedAfter	Alfred von Tirpitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	sections of the British Admiralty ⓘ
perceivedThreatBy	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyInstrument	German battleship construction program ⓘ expansion of the High Seas Fleet ⓘ
relatedConcept	deterrence theory ⓘ fleet in being ⓘ naval arms race ⓘ
targetedAdversary	Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
unintendedEffect	contributed to the Anglo–German naval arms race ⓘ intensified British fears of German naval power ⓘ pushed Britain toward closer ties with France and Russia ⓘ
usedAsCaseStudyIn	deterrence theory analysis ⓘ security studies ⓘ

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