Locarno and Kellogg-Briand Pacts
Treaty of Rapallo, 1922
The Locarno Pact, 1925
Disarmament
- Russia and Germany
- Allowed for German soldiers to train in Russia
- Russia exchanged military goods
- Belgium, 1920
- Poland, 1921
- The little Entente: Czechoslovakia, Romania, Yugoslavia (1924,36,27) against Germany
The Locarno Pact, 1925
- Begins a period of optimism
- Britain, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany sign it
- Guarantees boarders of European boarders
- Demilitarizes the Rheineland
- brings insecurity in the east
- 15 nations including USA, Germany and Russia (many other countries sign similar deals)
- Denounced war as a method of solving disputes
- Won nobel peace prize for this
Disarmament
- 1921 Washington Naval Conferece
- 1930 London Naval Conference
- 1932 Geneva Disarmament conference
Subjunctive question: After the Holocaust, would Russia let Germany train on their land?
Quotes:"It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day." Frank B. Kellogg
Quotes:"It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day." Frank B. Kellogg
Summary: The purpose of all these pacts was to avoid another war . To make peace with other countries.