Excessive investment could also drain the potential of the United Kingdom and France, ensuring that they would exhaust each other in a war against Germany.
The Island Nation's secret construction of super-large battleships had been exposed, immediately attracting the attention of countries around the world.
Unexpectedly, it was not the second-ranking France but the fourth-ranking Island Nation that first broke the treaty.
But it no longer mattered who broke the Naval Limitation Treaty first. Once the Island Nation's super dreadnought project leaked, the Frenchmen immediately announced changes to their 1932 shipbuilding plan, incorporating two super dreadnoughts.
The British, of course, would not accept the actions of the Island Nation and France. To maintain their naval superiority, Britain also made various modifications to their own shipbuilding plans.
Add to this the opportunistic Italians, and the waters had indeed been muddied by Arthur.
