The Locarno Pact, 1925

• When was the Locarno Pact signed?

  1st December 1925
• What was the Locarno Pact?

  A treaty between Germany, Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium. It was signed by Stresemann.
• What did Germany accept regarding its borders in the Locarno Pact?

  Germany accepted its new 1919 border with France
• What promise did France make to Germany in the Locarno Pact?

  France promised peace with Germany
• What agreement was made regarding the Rhineland in the Locarno Pact?

  The Rhineland would be permanently demilitarised
• What did the five powers agree to discuss in the Locarno Pact?

  German membership of the League of Nations
• Why was the Locarno Pact seen as a success?

  It made war in Europe less likely and treated Germany as an equal
• How did the Locarno Pact affect the confidence of many Germans?

  It increased the confidence of many Germans in the moderate political parties
• Who criticized the Locarno Pact and why?

  German nationalists criticized it because it confirmed the hated Versailles borders
• On 1st December 1925, Stresemann signed the Locarno Pact – a treaty between Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Belgium
• Germany accepted its new 1919 border with France, and France promised peace with Germany
• Germany and the Allies agreed that the Rhineland would be permanently demilitarised
• The five powers agreed to open talk about German membership of the League of Nations
• Seen as a success because war in Europe was less likely, Germany was being treated as an equal and it

  increased the confidence of many Germans in the moderate political parties
• It was criticised by German nationalists because it confirmed the hated Versailles borders