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link slash PACs. Hello everyone and welcome to History of the Great War revisited episode 4, the Anglo-German

Naval Arms Race Fisher's reforms.

Last episode we discussed the challenges faced by the Royal Navy during the 19th century.

Most of those challenges revolved around how to adapt to the new technologies and the ever-shifting

geopolitical situation.

This episode we will continue with the massive reforms that were put in place during the reign

of Admiral Sir John Fisher as First Sealord, starting in 1905.

It would be under Fisher's leadership that the Royal Navy,

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