Treaties and Acts after World War One

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Acts and Treaties after World War One
League of Nations
- Aims - Resolve disputes without resorting to war.
- Germany were initially excluded
- Stresemann's success in the Locarno Pact led to Germany's acceptance into the League of Nations.
Treaty of Berlin 1926
- Germany and USSR renewed an earlier treaty.
- Formalised friendship between Germany and the USSR - turn a blind eye to the extent of military cooperation.
- Securing Eastern borders and frontiers.
Germany's army was limited to 100,000 men. No air force and the navy couldn't use submarines or battleships.
- Disarmament
  - Secret rearmament by Germany.
    - Ensured Germany didn't fall behind in development.
  - Inter-Allied control commission was established to monitor.
French were reluctant however troops were removed from the Rhineland gradually.
- Allied occupation
  - Removal of allied forced from Germany. Policy of fulfillment secured this by 1930
  - Withdrawal due to Dawes Plan/ Young Plan and Locarno Pact.
Germany signed with France and USA. Voluntarily renounce the use of offensive wars to solve disputes.
- Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928
  - Had symbolic importance as an international agreement, lack of enforcement make it less effective.

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