Franco-Czechoslovak alliance
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The Franco-Czechoslovak alliance was an interwar military and political pact between France and Czechoslovakia aimed at containing German expansion and preserving the post–World War I European order.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral treaty
ⓘ
interwar diplomatic agreement ⓘ military alliance ⓘ political alliance ⓘ |
| affectedBy |
rise of Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
weakening of French military commitment in the late 1930s ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
containing German expansion
ⓘ
preserving the post–World War I European order ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Covenant of the League of Nations
ⓘ
surface form:
Treaty of Versailles security framework
|
| conflictContext | aftermath of World War I ⓘ |
| diminishedBy | policy of appeasement ⓘ |
| diplomaticCharacter | bilateral ⓘ |
| geographicFocus |
Central Europe
ⓘ
German–Czechoslovak borderlands ⓘ |
| hasConsequence | Czechoslovak reliance on French security guarantees ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
maintaining the status quo in Central Europe
ⓘ
protecting Czechoslovak territorial integrity ⓘ strengthening French influence in Central Europe ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Czech
ⓘ
French ⓘ Slovak ⓘ |
| hasLegalForm | mutual assistance treaty ⓘ |
| hasOpponent |
Nazi Germany
ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Weimar Germany
|
| hasParticipant |
Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
France ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext | interwar period ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
deterrence of German revisionism
ⓘ
mutual assistance in case of German aggression ⓘ |
| hasSecurityFunction |
collective defense
ⓘ
deterrence ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | interwar Europe ⓘ |
| ideologicallyFramedAs | defensive alliance ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Czechoslovak fear of German and Hungarian revisionism
ⓘ
French security concerns after World War I ⓘ |
| opposedTo | German revision of postwar borders ⓘ |
| partOf | French alliance system in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| precededBy | creation of Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Franco-Polish alliance
ⓘ
French guarantees to Czechoslovakia ⓘ Covenant of the League of Nations ⓘ
surface form:
League of Nations collective security system
Little Entente ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Czechoslovak foreign ministry-in-exile
ⓘ
surface form:
Czechoslovak foreign ministry
French foreign policy establishment ⓘ |
| underminedBy | Munich Agreement ⓘ |
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