8 - international position in the 'golden age' Flashcards
what was the policy of fulfilment?
Gustav Stresemann (foreign minister 1923-1929) - cooperation with France, GB, USA, Italy in reparations and occupation - to try and revise Treaty of Versailles
Brought hyperinflation under control
Understood French suspicion was biggest obstacle
what was the Locarno Pact, 1925?
October 1925 - western European powers met in Locarno, discussions led to Rhineland Pact + Arbitration Treaties - collectively Locarno Pact signed London 1st December 1925
what was the Rhineland Pact?
great britain, france, and belgian promised to respect Western frontier, great britain helped troops out of Rhineland, Belgium and Italy aid G, F, Be if attacked
what were the arbitration treaties
conciliation commuttee, ‘mutual guarantee’
what were post-war similarities with the USSR?
- felt Polish independence a threat
- ‘outcast’ nations
- suffered peace treaties
- defeated
what was the Treaty of Rapallo
with USSR
Rathenau, April 1922
-angered Allies
-Germany and Russia resumed trade + economic cooperation
-implied against Poland
-Germany allowed to develop weapons in Russia
-all outstanding war damage claims dropped
-diplomatic relations restored
what was the Treaty of Berlin?
with USSR
April 1926, renewed earlier treaty
added little - except Germany would remain neutral if USSR involved in a war as long as USSR not the aggressor
what was disarmament?
army limited to 100,000 men
no airforce
navy couldn’t have submarines and large battleships
Rhineland demilitarised - allied forces occupied Rhineland
IMCC established to monitor disarmament
what was secret rearmament?
new fortifications built along Polish frontier
army recruits enlisted for short periods, receiving intense training
driven by army commanders - tacitly approved by politicians
paramilitary groups
what was the Kellogg-Briand pact?
1928, Germany, France, USA
states would agree to renounce the use of offensive wars to resolve disputes
symbolic, lack of enforcement
