I don't think that they had a crystal ball to see the future. There was
no
reason to expect the fast fall of France and BEF.

Except for looking at what had happened in Spain a few years earlier.

Ah, the blitzkrieg of Spain is it?

So your suggestion is that Belgium and Netherlands should have mustered
a
strong navy with consirable carrier force? Do you have any sense of
reality?

Funny how a whole bunch of European nations turned into *two*, there.

Ok, give me examples of European countries that could have had real uses for
stronger navy. Norway is the only one that comes to my mind.

Since they couldn't manage such a thing on their own, they certainly
could have worked out some treaties to manage a joint defense force of
some kind.

Yes, and it would have been nice if someone popped Hitler before he came to
power...

And Sweden, Finland the Baltic countries etc. had to consider the threat
of
Soviet Union which was atleast as serious as the threat from Germany.
Most
of the countries in Europe would have been better of with less navy and
more
emphasis on army and airforce.

Since they didn't do either, it's sort of a moot point.

Well stronger navy wouldn't have helped them at all, it would have just been
a waste of money which was the point all along. You don't build navies just
to look good to some sailor from abroad.