2.5. Foreign Policy Flashcards
Who was the Foreign Minister from 1923-29?
Gustav Stresseman
What was the policy of fulfilment called?
Erfülungspolitik
What were Stresemann’s key aims which he set out in a letter to Kaiser Wilhelm’s son?
“The solution of the reparations question”
“The protection of Germans abroad… under a foreign yoke”
“The readjustment of our eastern frontiers”
What was the 1922 Treaty of Rapollo?
Germany dropped Brest-Litovsk demands in return for a secret military alliance
What were Germany’s 5 objectives in foreign policy?
Use trade as a lever for better relations
Restore Franco-German relations
Maintain friendship with USSR for security
Encourage cooperation and peace
Restore Germany as a great power
When was the Locarno Pact signed?
October 1925
How did the Locarno Pact strengthen Franco-German relations?
Germany accepted its Western borders
France could not invade in case of a dispute between Germany and Poland or Czechoslovakia
What was the weakness of the 1925 Locarno Pact?
Did not force Germany to accept its Eastern borders
What did Stresemann win for his work on the Locarno Pact?
Nobel Peace Prize
When did Germany join the League of Nations?
September 1926
What was Germany granted within the League of Nations?
Place on the League Council with veto power
How did Germany’s admittance to the League of Nations contribute towards its objectives?
Encouraged cooperation
Germany developing back into a great power
When was the Treaty of Berlin signed?
April 1926
What did the Treaty of Berlin accomplish?
Further military and economic ties with USSR
What did both Germany and Russia have in common with regards to Poland?
Poland seen as a threat to security, with sizeable German and Russian minorities existent within it
What was implied by the signing of the Treaty of Berlin?
Germany still had ambitions to recover land in the East
What affect did the Treaty of Berlin have in the allies?
Pressured them into cooperating with a Germany or else risk loosing them to Soviet Russia
How did Germany subvert the disarmament requirements of Versailles?
Close relationship with paramilitary groups
Secretly built weapons in Spain and Sweden
Secretly tested weapons and trained recruits in Russia
Who was Chief of the Army at this time?
General Von Seeckt
Over what period did the French withdraw from the Rhineland?
1926-30
What 2 events were key in French withdrawal?
Locarno Pact
Young Plan
When was the Kellog-Briand Pact signed?
1928
What was the Kellog-Briand Pact?
An agreement to renounce the use of offensive wars
