2.8 Germanys International Postion 1924-28

Question 1

When is the Dawes plan?

Answer 1

1924

Question 2

When is the Locarno pact?

Answer 2

1925

Question 3

When is the young plan?

Answer 3

1929

Question 4

When are Germany admitted into the League of Nations?

Answer 4

1926

Question 5

When is the treaty of Berlin

Answer 5

1926

Question 6

What was always the foreign policy of the Weimar Republic from 1919-1933?

Answer 6

Reverse the terms of the treaty of Versailles (divisions on how this could be achieved)

Question 7

How did the nationalist right want to overturn the treaty of Versailles!

Answer 7

Reject it through rebuilding military strength for a time when it could regain lost territory

Question 8

What was the pragmatic approach to overtiring the treaty of Versailles and what did it do?

Answer 8

Policy of fulfilment

Involved Germany co-operating with France, Great Britain USA and Italy on issues such as reparations and removing allied occupation from Germany territory

Question 9

When was Gustav stresmann foreign minster?

Answer 9

1923-1929

Question 10

When did the French leave the Ruhr?

Answer 10

1925

Question 11

Why did the French leave the Ruhr in 1925?

Answer 11

Dawes plan and passive resistance

Question 12

What led to the Locarno pact in 1925?

Answer 12

Germany wanting to reassure France of peaceful intentions so the treaty of Versailles could be reduced in severity in the long run

Question 13

Why were German nationalists unhappy with the treaty of Versailles ruling out a union with Austria?

Answer 13

They believed all German speakers should be part of one state

Question 14

Whose idea was the Locarno pact of 1925?

Answer 14

Germany

Question 15

What was Germanys agenda at the Locarno pact 1925?

Answer 15

-restore Germanys position internationally and avoid any hostile alliance between Britan and France and France had felt threatened by Germanys industrial recovery

Question 16

What France suspicious about the Locarno pact?

Answer 16

Yes but eventually agreed to attend

Question 17

The discussions led to the Locarno pact 1925, what was in the pact?

Answer 17

Rhineland pact
Arbitration treaties

Question 18

What does arbitration mean

Answer 18

a way of settling a dispute without having to go to court.

Question 19

What was agreed under the Rhineland pact (Locarno 1925)?(3 asp)

Answer 19

-Germany agree to keep troops out Rhineland(as demanded in treaty of Versailles)

-western frontier drawn by treaty of Versailles internationally guaranteed by France,Germany and Belgium

-Britain and Italy promise to aid Germany France of Belgium if they were attacked by any neighbours

Question 20

What was agreed under the arbitration treaties(Locarno 1925)(2 asp)?

Answer 20

-Germany agree with France,Belgium ,Poland and Czech that any dispute between them is to be settled by a conciliation committee to mediate discussions

-France sign tries of mutual guarantee with Poland and Czech to make sure Germany wouldn’t break the agreement above

Question 21

What did Germany join as a result of the Locarno pact?

Answer 21

The League of Nations in 1926

Question 22

Why was the Locarno pact significant for Germany?(3 asp)

Answer 22

-first time they had recognised western border imposed at the treaty of Versailles

-accepted the loss of Alsace-Lorraine to France

-meant the 1923 occupation of the Ruhr could never be repeated

Question 23

Why was the Locarno pact 1925 significant for the French?

Answer 23

-guarantee support from British should there be another attack from Germany

Question 24

What happened to the troops in the Rhineland as a result of the Locarno pact?

Answer 24

French agreed to withdraw forces (although it was postponed in Jan 1925 because Germany refused to comply with the disarmament obligations imposed at the treaty of Versailles

-it was achieved over the next 5 years without stresmann making any assurances Germany would disarm

Question 25

Why did the Locarno pact not reconsider the eastern borders as much as the western borders?

Answer 25

Because Germany thought there was the possibly of further revision as some stage in the future

Question 26

Why did the nationalistic right dislike the Locarno pact?

Answer 26

They thought it appeased the allies and gave to much away

Question 27

What were the 3 similarities between the Weimar Republic and Russia?

Answer 27

-both defeated in the war and suffered from punishing treaties -both felt the existence of Poland was a threat to security (had minorities of both inside too) -both treated as outcast nations and not initially allowed to join the League of Nations

Question 28

When is the treaty of Rapallo?

Answer 28

April 1922

Question 29

What was agreed at the treaty of Rapallo April 1922?

Answer 29

-Germany and Russia resumed trade and economic cooperation -diplomatic relations between the two countries restored -all outstanding claims for compensation of war damage dropped -Germany allowed to develop new weapons and train pilots in Russia

Question 30

Why was the treaty of Rapallo April 1922 symbolic?

Answer 30

Step away from post war isolation (France however angered by treaty as it showed attempt to get round treaty of Versailles)

Question 31

What is the treaty of Berlin?

Answer 31

April 1926

Question 32

What was agreed in the treaty of Berlin April 1926?

Answer 32

-renewed treaty of Rapallo April 1922 -Germany remain neutral in a war involving USSR as long as USSR not aggressor -

Question 33

What does the Berlin treaty of April 1926 being signed one year after the Locarno pact of 1925 show about stresmann?

Answer 33

Despite agreeing the western frontiers stressmann had not abandoned his desire to secure a revision of Germanys eastern frontiers (close relationship with ussr needed because they would resist any border change they did not agree with)

Question 34

What was the purpose of the IMCC(inter-allied control commission)

Answer 34

Ensure Germany complied with disarmament clauses, check existing weapons were destroyed and no new weapons outside the terms of the treaty were being produced (Staffed by British and French officers)

Question 35

What was Germanys army limited to under the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 35

100,000 men No airforce Navy prevented from having submarines and large battleships Rhineland demilitarised meaning German fortifications had to be dismantled and no troops allowed in the area -to ensure compliance in the Rhineland the IMCC was established to monitor the disarmament

Question 36

Why did Germany resent the disarmament clauses?

Answer 36

The allies were free to maintain their own formidable forces

Question 37

What I’d evidence that Germany seeker ways around the disarmament clause?

Answer 37

-treaty of Rapallo(pilots in USSR) -building submarines in Spain -building tanks and artillery in Sweden

Question 38

Did Germany build fortifications along the polish border?

Answer 38

Yes

Question 39

What other ways did the chief of the army General von Seeckt use to get round the disarmament clause?

Answer 39

-recruits insisted for short periods where they weoukd receive intense military training(created a large army reserve that could be called upon in short notice) -army sponsored paramilitary groups which formed another reserve force -aimed to destroy newly independent Poland-agreements with USR kept secret form politicians stresesmann turns a blind eye to the extend of military co-operation

Question 40

Who was the key army commander in chief working around the disarmament clause?

Answer 40

General Von seeckt (tactically approved by politicians)

Question 41

When was the Kellogg-Briand pact? And who was in it

Answer 41

1928 France and the USA

Question 42

What was the Kellogg-Briand pact 1928?

Answer 42

States internationally renounce offensive wars to resolve disputes Limited effectiveness as no measures to ensure enforcement

Question 43

When were all foreign powers removed from German soil (policy of fulfilment completed)?

Answer 43

1930

Question 44

When were the IMCC removed from Germany?

Answer 44

1926

Question 45

What caused allied troops to retreat to zone 1 of Rhineland in 1926?

Answer 45

Dawes plan 1924 Locarno pact 1925

Question 46

What are the two agreements about stesemanns policies?

Answer 46

Policy of fulfilment-devious policy to cover up nationalist agenda (evidence:military arrangements with ussr) Negotiation and compromise(fully aware that Germanys recovery depended on maintinaing goods relations with the west

Question 47

When did stresesmann die?

Answer 47

1929