TIL Admiral Sir John Fisher proposed twice in 1904 and in 1908 to "Copenhagen" (pre-emptively strike) the Imperial German Navy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_German_Navy#1897_to_1906,_Tirpitz_and_the_Navy_bills

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