> "A war that absolutely no one saw coming" This bit is oddly wrong in an otherwise mostly sound piece. Even if you only look at the popular fiction being wri

> "A war that absolutely no one saw coming" This bit is oddly wrong in an otherwise mostly sound piece. Even if you only look at the popular fiction being written around 1910, you can know it. Especially in naval matters - the English were very much troubled by the growing German naval power. There was a strong notion that it would come to blows sometime soon, for one reason or another.