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Britain, for example, wanted to maintain the balance
of the power in Europe so that it could get on with
governing and exploiting its huge world empire. The
rise of any dominant power in Europe would threaten,
in Britain’s eyes, European stability and its own
security. Germany was that power. The militaristic
dictatorship, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the army, that
was, in essence, in control of power in Germany, had
been taking a more aggressive stance in the decades
leading up to the outbreak of the war. From Britain’s
perspective, an over-dominant Germany would upset
the natural balance in Europe and threaten its
empire and even its own territorial integrity.