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Germany and
Britain signed a naval agreement limiting Germany’s fleet to 35
percent of Britain’s surface craft and 45 percent of its
submarines. This deeply upset the French, since Paris doubted
Britain’s sincerity in an alliance against Germany. France also
thought Britain was signaling approval of German rearmament-which it
was, of course. The agreement was the first time that a European
power not only condoned, but agreed to, an overt violation of the
Versailles treaty.
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