London Naval Conferences (1930, 1935–1936)

Abstract

Abstract The genesis of the London Naval Conferences, in 1930 and 1935–1936, can be found in the aftermath of the Washington Naval Conference in 1922. The five major naval powers at Washington—France, the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Italy—were able only to limit the tonnages of capital ships (battleships and battlecruisers) and aircraft carriers at Washington. The United States and Great Britain were particularly interested in extending this promising start either through the agency of the League of Nations conferences on disarmament or through stand‐alone naval limitation conferences.