British support for the Great White Fleet belongs to a period of improving relations and overlapping interests. Cooperation with the United States could help Britain manage wider concerns involving Germany and Russia. That practical cooperation did not make the two countries formal allies. Britain's alliance with Japan provides a contrast between an explicit treaty relationship and a developing relationship based on shared interests.
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British-American cooperation before a formal alliance
Common strategic interests encouraged British-American cooperation in the early twentieth century even without a formal alliance.