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Interwar-period treaties
- Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual AssistanceFrance's 1935 pact with the Soviets, meant to stop Hitler, gave him an excuse to enter the Rhineland.
- Tanggu TruceThe Tanggu Truce bought China only four years of peace with Japan. War broke out again in 1937.
- Franco-Polish allianceFrance's secret 1921 pact with Poland did not require sending troops. It asked France to keep Germany in check.
- Stresa FrontBritain's naval deal with Germany enraged Mussolini and helped end the Stresa Front.
- Sino-Soviet Non-Aggression PactChina called reports of Soviet troops on its soil "Japanese propaganda." It needed Soviet supplies.
- Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935The Franco-Italian Agreements, often called the Mussolini-Laval Accord, were signed in Rome on the 7th of January 1935. Two men put their names to the pages: French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.…
- Washington Naval TreatyAmerican codebreakers secretly read Japan's cables during the Washington Naval Treaty talks.
- Anglo-German Naval AgreementThe Anglo-German Naval Agreement brought Adolf Hitler what he called "the happiest day of his life". The treaty was an arms limitation pact between the United Kingdom and Germany, signed in London in 1935. On paper it dealt with the dry…
- Locarno TreatiesIn 1936, German troops entered the Rhineland and no Locarno Treaties signatory moved to stop them.
- German–Polish declaration of non-aggressionGermany and Poland signed a ten-year non-aggression pledge in 1934 that lasted less than six.