sentences:  In December 1935, Admiral Domenico Cavagnari proposed to Mussolini that, among other things, two more battleships of the "Littorio" class be built to attempt to counter a possible Franco-British alliance—if the two countries combined forces, they would easily outnumber the Italian fleet.Mussolini postponed his decision, but later authorized planning for the two ships in January 1937 for the 1938 Naval Expansion Program.In December, they were approved and money was appropriated for them; they were named and "Impero".