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 The Age of Armament in Europe 389 continental affairs. But she was gradually forced into a close association with the Franco-Russian group by the aggressive development of a great German navy. The grandiose imagina- tion of the Emperor WilHam II (1888-1918) thrust Germany into premature overseas enterprise that ultimately brought not rhoto: Brittsh Official. BRITISH TANK IN THE BATTLE OF THEi MENIN ROAD The crew come oat for a breath of fresh air during a lull only Great Britain but Japan and the United States into the circle of her enemies. All these nations armed. Year after year the proportion of national production devoted to the making of guns, equipment, battleships and the like, increased. Year after year the balance of things seemed trembling towards war, and then war would be