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Interwar-period treaties
- Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual AssistanceLouis Barthou, the French foreign minister, died in October 1934 before he could finish his work. His death occurred during a diplomatic tour of Yugoslavia…
- Tanggu TruceOn the 18th of September 1931, a section of railway near Mukden exploded. The Japanese Kwantung Army claimed Chinese saboteurs caused the blast.
- Franco-Polish allianceIn the 16th century, France and Austria fought a long rivalry that pushed French diplomats to seek allies east of Vienna.
- Stresa FrontGermany declared its intention to build an air force in March 1935. This declaration marked a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
- Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression PactNanjing hosted the signing of the Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact on the 21st of August 1937. This document emerged between the Republic of China and the…
- Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935Italy entered World War I expecting to gain territory from the defeated German colonial empire. The Treaty of Versailles denied Italy these lands, dividing…
- Washington Naval TreatyIn November 1918, the British Royal Navy interned the defeated German High Seas Fleet. The Allied powers held sharply differing views on what to do with…
- Anglo-German Naval AgreementPart V of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles imposed severe limitations on Germany's naval forces. The treaty allowed no submarines, no naval aviation, and only…
- Locarno TreatiesGermany lost 13% of its European territory and 12% of its population under the Treaty of Versailles. These losses went primarily to France, which regained…
- German–Polish declaration of non-aggressionThe Locarno Treaties of 1925 reshaped European security in ways that left Poland exposed. France agreed never to send forces into Germany outside its own…