"The Locarno Pact, actually a group of seven treaties (hence its other name: the Locarno Treaties), was signed on 1 December 1925 with the aim that peace continued in Europe despite the German government's disapproval of the Treaty of Versailles, which formally concluded the First World War (1914-18). The pact is named after the Swiss town of Locarno, where the delegates from seven European nations met."
"The main points covered by the Locarno Pact included treaties of mutual guarantee to protect existing borders in Western Europe and a promise both not to use war as a tool of foreign policy and to resolve disputes by diplomacy. Significantly, the treaties did not resolve the issue of Germany's eastern borders, particularly with Poland. The Locarno Pact did ensure peace for 11 years, but it was irreversibly broken when Adolf Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, invaded the demilitarised Rhineland in 1936,"
The Locarno Pact comprised seven treaties signed in Locarno on 1 December 1925 aiming to maintain peace in Europe despite German objections to the Treaty of Versailles. The treaties provided mutual guarantees to protect existing Western European borders and committed signatories to renounce war and resolve disputes by diplomacy. The agreements did not settle Germany's eastern frontiers, especially with Poland. The Locarno arrangements preserved relative stability for eleven years until Adolf Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland in 1936, triggering subsequent aggressive actions and the path to the Second World War. The Treaty of Versailles had imposed territorial losses, reparations, and military restrictions on Germany, leaving border grievances.
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