Germany's Foreign Policy Quiz

Question 1

What is the Locarno Pact?

Answer 1

• October 1925
• Rhineland Pact
• Arbitration Treaties
• Anxious to restore Germany’s position and avoid hostile alliance between Britain and France
• France initially resistant to attending

Question 2

What did the Rhineland Pact consist of?

Answer 2

• Germany, France and Belgium to respect western frontier
• Germany to keep troops out of Rhineland
• Britain and Italy to aid Germany, France or Belgium if any attacked by neighbour

Question 3

What did the Arbitration Treaties consist of?

Answer 3

• France signed treaties of ‘mutual guarantee’ with Poland and Czechoslovakia
• To assure ‘peaceful settlement of differences’
• No guarantee of eastern border

Question 4

What was the Treaty of Rapallo?

Answer 4

• April 1922
• Germany allowed new weapons and pilots in Russia
• Resuming of trade and cooperation
• Restoration of diplomatic relations

Question 5

What was the Treaty of Berlin?

Answer 5

• April 1926
• Renewal of Rapallo
• USSR would resist any border changes it didn’t agree with
• Germany would be neutral in war involving USSR (if latter was not aggressor)

Question 6

How did Germany bend the rules of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 6

• Built submarines in Spain
• Built tanks and artillery in Sweden
• Defensive wall built along Polish frontier
• Army recruits enlisted for short periods
• Paramilitary groups
• Military alliance with USSR: aimed to destroy Poland

Question 7

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact in 1928?

Answer 7

• Promised not to use war to resolve ‘disputes or conflicts’
• Prevents war in theory: clear commitment to peace
• Vague as self defence wars allowed
• No enforcement mechanism