B1720thand21st

Treaty of Locarno of 1925 The Treaty of Locarno, signed in October of 1925 was used in order to ease European disputes and enabled Germany to be admitted to the League of Nations. The Treaty of Locarno aided Germany and France in accepting their common borders. The discussions of the Treaty of Locarno were between Britain, France, and Germany. These treaties of Locarno were considered the climatic point of the improvement of Western diplomacy. These treaties were also seen as introducing a new and improved hope for international peace, also known as the “spirit of Locarno”. The conclusion of Locarno was that the Rhineland Pact involving Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy.

MLA: McKay, John P. __A History of Western Society__. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003