Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher,, commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a Royal Navy officer. Fisher was chiefly recognised as an innovator, strategist, and archit
Portrait of Fisher by Hubert von Herkomer
Frances Katharine Josepha Broughton, who married Fisher in 1866
Fisher as Midshipman 1856–1860
Combat at Canton (Guangzhou) during the Second Opium War
Anglo-German naval arms race
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The arms race between Great Britain and Germany that occurred from the last decade of the nineteenth century until the advent of World War I in 1914 was one of the intertwined causes of that conflict.
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
…an operational admiral, although he held combat commands throughout his career. Appointed First Sea Lord in 1904, Fisher played a critical role in the Anglo-German naval arms race, helping to modernise the British navy ahead of the First World War. Fisher saw the need to improve the range, accuracy and rate-of-fire of naval…
HMS Dreadnought
HMS Dreadnought under construction
German Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the primary architect of the strategy of creating a "fleet in being" to force concessions from Britain after 1897.