Rhineland Pact

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The Rhineland Pact was a 1925 Locarno agreement in which Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy guaranteed the inviolability of Germany’s western borders and the demilitarized status of the Rhineland after World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international treaty
non‑aggression pact
aimedAt normalization of relations between Germany and Western powers
stabilizing Western Europe after World War I
alsoKnownAs Rhineland Guarantee Pact
Rhineland Security Pact NERFINISHED
basedOn Treaty of Versailles
category 1925 treaties
Treaties of Belgium
Treaties of the French Third Republic
Treaties of the Kingdom of Italy
Treaties of the United Kingdom
Treaties of the Weimar Republic
confirmed demilitarized status of the Rhineland
inviolability of Germany’s western frontiers
dateSigned 1925-10-16
enteredIntoForce 1926-09-10
guaranteedBorder Germany–Belgium border NERFINISHED
Germany–France border
guaranteedBy Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod interwar period
language English
French
German
mediatedBy Aristide Briand
Austen Chamberlain NERFINISHED
Gustav Stresemann NERFINISHED
partOf Locarno Treaties
placeSigned Locarno
Switzerland NERFINISHED
politicalContext European collective security system
Weimar Republic foreign policy
providedFor arbitration procedures in case of disputes
mutual guarantee of Germany’s western borders
relatedTo Locarno Conference
Treaty of Mutual Guarantee NERFINISHED
resultedIn Germany’s admission to the League of Nations
signatory Belgium NERFINISHED
French Third Republic NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
subjectOf demilitarized Rhineland
violatedBy Nazi Germany
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
violationDate 1936-03-07

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Rhineland Pact ("Rhineland Guarantee Pact")
alsoKnownAs
Locarno Era
hasCentralAgreement
Locarno Treaties
mainProvision

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