2.8 Germanys International Postion 1924-28 Flashcards
When is the Dawes plan?
1924
When is the Locarno pact?
1925
When is the young plan?
1929
When are Germany admitted into the League of Nations?
1926
When is the treaty of Berlin
1926
What was always the foreign policy of the Weimar Republic from 1919-1933?
Reverse the terms of the treaty of Versailles (divisions on how this could be achieved)
How did the nationalist right want to overturn the treaty of Versailles!
Reject it through rebuilding military strength for a time when it could regain lost territory
What was the pragmatic approach to overtiring the treaty of Versailles and what did it do?
Policy of fulfilment
Involved Germany co-operating with France, Great Britain USA and Italy on issues such as reparations and removing allied occupation from Germany territory
When was Gustav stresmann foreign minster?
1923-1929
When did the French leave the Ruhr?
1925
Why did the French leave the Ruhr in 1925?
Dawes plan and passive resistance
What led to the Locarno pact in 1925?
Germany wanting to reassure France of peaceful intentions so the treaty of Versailles could be reduced in severity in the long run
Why were German nationalists unhappy with the treaty of Versailles ruling out a union with Austria?
They believed all German speakers should be part of one state
Whose idea was the Locarno pact of 1925?
Germany
What was Germanys agenda at the Locarno pact 1925?
-restore Germanys position internationally and avoid any hostile alliance between Britan and France and France had felt threatened by Germanys industrial recovery
What France suspicious about the Locarno pact?
Yes but eventually agreed to attend
The discussions led to the Locarno pact 1925, what was in the pact?
Rhineland pact
Arbitration treaties
What does arbitration mean
a way of settling a dispute without having to go to court.