Beginning of World War I

By jalynnwaites

  • 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%.)