= Anglo-German Naval Agreement = The '''Anglo-German Naval Agreement''' was an naval arms regulation treaty. <> ---- == History == [[Germany/Democratization#Weimar_Republic|Germany's]] right to build a military navy was restricted by the [[WorldHistory/WorldWar1#Conclusion_and_Aftermath|Treaty of Versailles]]. Negotiations began between the governments of [[Germany/AdolfHitler|Hitler]] and [[UnitedKingdom/RamsayMacDonald|MacDonald]]; the [[UnitedKingdom/ArmedForces|Royal Navy]] was being actively rearmed, and the British delegation sought to update restrictions for the [[Germany/Bundeswehr|German Navy]] in a proportional manner. There were several motivations from the British perspective: * There was a sentiment that reparations and restrictions were too harsh, and driving militarization rather than containing it. * Militarists sought to justify further military naval investment. * Pragmatically, the [[UnitedKingdom/ForeignCommonwealthAndDevelopmentOffice|Foreign Office]] saw appeasement as preferable to outright dissolution of the treaty-negotiated peace in Europe. This agreement effectively amended the [[WorldHistory/WorldWar1#Conclusion_and_Aftermath|Treaty of Versailles]] unilaterally, as British defection from the negotiated position made it untenable. ---- CategoryRicottone