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The Locarno Agreement Pages 117-118

The Locarno Agreement Pages 117-118. Abby Bravo. Purpose of the Locarno Agreement.

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The Locarno Agreement Pages 117-118

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  1. The Locarno AgreementPages 117-118 Abby Bravo

  2. Purpose of the Locarno Agreement Due to heightened diplomatic activity (caused by the Treaty of Versailles) a formal assembly of the foreign ministers of France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany, and Belgium was held in the Swiss city of Locarno in October 1925. The Locarno Treaties were meant to improve the tense post-war atmosphere of Europe by reaching compromises in order to help prevent future wars The convention aimed to address the issues on the Franco-German front and the Belgium-German front, as well as the demilitarization of Germany from the Rhineland.

  3. The Promises of the Agreement After six years of attempt, France was finally assured that the Franco-German frontier along with the demilitarized Rhineland was not subject to change. Germany was promised the eventual liberation of the Rhineland and the security that French troops wound never again set foot on German soil.

  4. And… The agreement stated that Germany and Belgium as well as Germany and France would no longer result to war or invade or attack one another. With the security that Britain and Italy were to aid the victim of any such attack. The Main Deal: France would evacuate the Cologne zone of the Rhineland as well as reduce the number of the Allied forces in aid there, if Germany was to accept territorial losses in the west (Alsace-Lorraine to France and Eupen and Malmédy to Belgium) and no longer pose a threat to France.

  5. But… • The Locarno agreement however left out the German borders with Poland and Czechoslovakia; being as Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the Soviet Union had not participated in the drafting of the agreement . Germany was to seek no further movement into the East but by not acknowledging the western borders began to desire territorial compensation from those countries. • German still reframed to adhere to the Treaty of Versailles by not objecting to the principle of unilateral disarmament, on the grounds that this would leave them defenseless to any French attack. Still the Allied forces stuck with their part of the bargain and on December 1, 1925 (when Locarno pacts were officially signed in London) evacuated the Cologne zone, which was fully completed on January 31, 1926.

  6. The Locarno treaties were entered into force when Germany was to be admitted in the League of Nations, on September 10, 1926.

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