Washington Naval Conference period

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historical period interwar period

The Washington Naval Conference period was a phase in the early interwar years marked by international efforts, led primarily by the United States, to limit naval armaments and stabilize post–World War I power balances through multilateral treaties.

Aliases (2)

Washington Conference era ×1
Washington Naval Conference ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period → interwar period →
follows	World War I →
hasAlternativeName	Washington Conference era →
hasContext	post–World War I international order →
hasDiplomaticFormat	multilateral conference diplomacy →
hasEndTime	1922 →
hasImpactOn	Anglo-American naval relations → US–Japan relations → interwar naval strategy → limitations on capital ship construction →
hasKeyObjective	limitation of naval armaments → stabilization of post–World War I power balances →
hasKeyParticipant	Arthur Balfour → Briand government of France → Charles Evans Hughes → Prince Iyesato Tokugawa →
hasLegalForm	multilateral treaties →
hasLocation	Washington, D.C. →
hasMainEvent	Washington Naval Conference →
hasOutcome	Five-Power Treaty → Four-Power Treaty → Nine-Power Treaty → aircraft carrier tonnage rules → battleship construction limits → fortification limits in the Pacific → naval tonnage limitation agreements →
hasPrimaryInitiator	United States →
hasStartTime	1921 →
hasTheme	Pacific and East Asian security → balance of naval power → collective security → naval disarmament →
involvesCountry	Australia → Belgium → Canada → China → France → India → Italy → Japan → Netherlands → New Zealand → Portugal → United Kingdom → United States →
isPartOf	interwar disarmament efforts →
isRelatedTo	League of Nations disarmament agenda →
precedes	Geneva Naval Conference → London Naval Conference (1930) →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Washington Naval Conference period ("Washington Conference era") →	hasAlternativeName
Washington Naval Conference period ("Washington Naval Conference") →	hasMainEvent
Interwar period →	hasPart