... the anvil"; Germany will either have to strike or be hit, which could be interpreted as Germany getting ready for battle. However the source may not necessarily be referring directly to war, just the fact that Germany felt they must re-arm and prepare for military expansion in order to toughen up and be ready for any kind of attack, but this is still showing that Germany was aggressive in a way. Sources 2 and 3 were written from a British point of view. This means that they aren't very reliable when it comes to the German point of view, as the writers of these sources would not know what was going on with the German side of things, so these sources may not be deemed completely reliable, although they do have some ground as they were written by high-ranking British officials. Both sources are 'secret memorandums', so they were not ...

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