Locarno Era

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The Locarno Era was a mid-1920s phase of relative diplomatic reconciliation and stability in Europe, marked by treaties that sought to normalize relations between Germany and its former World War I adversaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic era
historical period
aimedAt integration of Germany into the international system
normalization of relations between Germany and France
reconciliation between Germany and former World War I adversaries
stabilization of European borders
associatedWith Germany’s admission to the League of Nations
Nobel Peace Prize awards to Stresemann, Briand, and Chamberlain
characterizedBy multilateral diplomacy
relative diplomatic reconciliation
relative political stability in Western Europe
spirit of cooperation
endedDueTo global economic crisis after 1929
growing German dissatisfaction with Versailles settlement
followedBy collapse of interwar diplomatic stability
rise of revisionist policies in Germany
hasCentralAgreement Arbitration treaties between Germany and Belgium
Arbitration treaties between Germany and Czechoslovakia
Arbitration treaties between Germany and France
Arbitration treaties between Germany and Poland
Mutual guarantee treaty involving Britain and Italy
Rhineland Pact
hasContext Weimar Republic foreign policy
interwar period
post–World War I settlement
hasEndTime 1929
hasKeyFigure Aristide Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Gustav Stresemann
Hans Luther
Paul von Hindenburg
Édouard Herriot
hasKeyLocation Belgium
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Western Europe
hasKeyParticipant Belgium
Czechoslovakia
French Third Republic
Italy
Poland
United Kingdom
Weimar Republic
hasMainEvent Locarno Treaties
hasStartTime 1925
namedAfter Locarno Treaties
precededBy period of postwar tension over the Treaty of Versailles

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Interwar period
hasPart
Franco-Polish alliance ("Locarno era")
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