In October 1925 representatives from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Poland and Czechoslovakia meet in Locarno, Switzerland
After many days of negotiation they came to some important agreements:
Germany accepted the borders with France and Belgium that were decided in the Treaty of Versailles and Britain and Italy said they would protect France if Germany violated these borders
Germany accepted that the Rhineland would remain a demilitarised zone
France and Germany agreed to settle any disputes through the League
The agreements were greeted with enthusiasm especially in France as the agreements seemed to resolve the problems left from WW1
France felt it was at last secure of its borders and Germany had shown more goodwill to France than ever before
The agreements paved the way for Germany to join the League of Nations and in 1926 they did join
This meant that the only major European power that was not in the League was the USSR
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