The Locarno Pact, 1925
Kellog-Briand Pact 1928
Treaty of Rapallo, 1922
- Begins a period of optimism "The Spirit of Locarno"
- Britain, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany sign it
- Guarantees borders of European borders
- Demilitarizes the Rhineland
- Brings insecurity in the east
Kellog-Briand Pact 1928
- 15 nations including USA, Germany, and Russia (Many other countries sign similar deals)
- Won nobel peace prize for this
- Return to normality
Treaty of Rapallo, 1922
- Russia and Germany
- Allowed for German soldiers to train in Russia
- Russia exchanged military goods
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The purpose of all these pacts was to prevent war from uprising again. To make peace within all countries.
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"It is accordance with our determination to refrain from aggression and build up a sentiment and practice among nations more favorable to peace ... that we have incurred the consent of fourteen important nations to the negotiation of a treaty condemning recourse to war, renouncing it as an instrument of national policy"
-Calvin Coolidge on Kellog-Briand pact |
Questions?
If these pacts were actually followed, would there have been a WWII?