Beginning of World War I

  • Britain Leads World in Manufacturing

    Britain Leads World in Manufacturing

    Britain produced 66% of trhe world's coal and 50% of its iron and cloth.
  • Britain & Germany's manufacturing capacity

    Britain had 32% of the world's manufacturing capacity.
  • German Debate

    In a 1897 debate in the German Reichstag,it's secretary stated, "We wish to throw no one into the shade, but we demand our own place in the sun."
  • United States takes the Lead

    Germany had 15.9% and Britain had only 14.7%. (The US had also boomed, with 35.3%.)

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