Navy Sizes: WW1 Edition

Published: 07 July 2024
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How large were the Navies of the Great Powers in 1914 with the breakout of the First World War?

Include: Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottomans, Japan and the United States. From Dreadnaughts, to Battleships, to Cruisers, Destroyers, Submarines and many more!

0:00 Great Britain and the British Empire
1:20 French Republic
2:05 Russian Empire
2:47 German Empire
3:20 Austro-Hungarian Empire
3:37 Kingdom of Italy
3:54 Ottoman Empire
4:31 Empire of Japan
4:53 The United States of America

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Sources:

-Sondhaus, Lawrence, The Great War at Sea: A Naval History of the First World War, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1958)

-Taylor, A.J.P, War by Time-table: How the First World War Began, ed. John Roberts (London: Macdonald & Co, 1969)
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