1054 Ch. 26 • World War 11

Map 26.1 German and Italian Expansion, 1935-1939 Aggression by Germany

and Italy against their neighbors.

In France, popular opinion did not want another war, and the military

expressed apprehension about taking on the refurbished and expanded

German armed forces. The French government felt abandoned by Britain,

and by neighboring Belgium, which three years earlier had abrogated its

1920 military agreement with France and proclaimed its neutrality. France,