Other Important Pacts

Question 1

What was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935?

Answer 1

A pact between Britain and Germany. It regulated the size of the Kriegsmarine in relation to the Royal Navy.

Question 2

What was the 10-year non-aggression Pact of 1934?

Answer 2

It was a pact between Poland and Germany. Germany promised not to attack them - securing the boundaries of Poland.

Question 3

What was the Nazi Soviet Pact of 1939?

Answer 3

A non-aggression pact between Stalin and Hitler. Stalin allowed Hitler to invade Poland in return for territory.

Question 4

What was the Locarno Treaties of 1925?

Answer 4

• Germany agreed to accept the boundaries of Western Europe, imposed by Treaty of Versailles.
• Rhineland will remained demilitarised.
• France to never invade Ruhr.
• France and Germany promise to have disputes settle through LON.
• NOTHING IS SAID ABOUT GERMANY’S EASTERN BOUNDARIES! THIS IS BECAUSE PEOPLE FEARED OF COMMUNISM AND RUSSIA.

Question 5

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928?

Answer 5

• Over 60 countries (including Germany) agreed to not use war against each other in the near future.
• This marks the point of idealism in international relations in 1920s.
• NOTHING IS SAID ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A COUNTRY DID NOT KEEP THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT! NO CONSEQUENCES.