Foreign policy and Rhineland

• Locarno pact


  • Signed 1925
  • Between Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium
  • Agreed to keep existing borders between France, Belgium and Italy
  • No invasions
  • Germany then returned to international politics
• League of Nations


  • Established 1920 to keep peace between countries
  • Germany was banned but then officially given a seat in 1926
  • Stresemann used League of Nations to bring about the Young Plan
• Kellogg-Briand Pact


  • Signed 1928
  • Germany and 64 other nations signed
  • Stated armies only used for self-defence and any disputes to be settled peacefully
• Rhineland

  • Key region of Germany because it produced coal, steel, iron
  • Treaty of Versailles terms stated that Germans would not be allowed to keep military within 50 km of Rhineland
  • Hitler resented term as it meant Germany open to invasion and Hitler wanted to strengthen borders and enlarge his army
  • Rhineland = de-militarised zone
• what was Locarno pact ?

  keep existing borders between France , Germany , Belgium
• what was League of Nations ?

  agreed to keep peace
• what was Kellogg briand pact ?

  agreed armies only used for self defence , dispute resolved peacefully
• why did hitler want Rhineland back ?

  Germany easy to invade wanted to strength border enlarge military