Both countries undertook ambitious naval expansion in the 1890s.

In the early 1930s the Soviet government started a massive program of general rearmament, including naval expansion.

Particularly, under the circumstances, for naval expansion.

At the time, he opposed a large-scale naval rearmament program, but decided to allow limited construction to counter French naval expansion.

In 1910 he followed the logic of the 'German threat' into support for naval expansion.

Either an enormous sum now had to be found to develop the navy further, or naval expansion had to be abandoned.

During the initial period of German naval expansion, Britain did not feel particularly threatened.

But I am distressed by China's plain and obvious naval expansion.

After leaving the navy, Werner became an author and ardent supporter of German naval expansion.

At the time, France, which had begun a program of naval expansion, was viewed as the most likely threat, not Great Britain.