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Germany's International Position 2

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Disarmament 1924-1929

An international aim shared by many countries was disarmament. People did not want to repeat the atrocity of World War One. Germany, however, felt that other countries were not disarming as they had been forced to do.

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Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928

  • In 1928 Germany and 70 other countries signed the Kellogg Briand Pact. All signatories renounced in use of force.
  • This included in the USA, which was not a member of the League of Nations.
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Germany and Disarmament

  • Germany was however secretly rearming beyond what was allowed under the Versailles treaty through the secret clauses of the 1926 Treaty of Berlin.
  • Stresemann also got the Inter-Allied Military Control Commission to leave Germany in 1926. It monitored Germany’s compliance with Versailles.

Ending Allied Occupation in Germany 1924-1929

After the invasion of the Ruhr, the Allies had remained in Germany. Stresemann wanted them to leave.

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Stresemann's efforts

  • By calling off passive resistance Stresemann got a French to withdraw from the Ruhr by 1925.
  • After the Locarno pact the Allies agreed to leave the part of the Rhineland around Cologne by December 1925.
  • When Stresemann agreed the Young Plan in 1929 the Allies agreed to end the occupation of the Rhineland early, although this happened after his death.
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Right wing dissatisfaction

  • The German right wing was dissatisfied with Stresemann's achievements.
  • They wanted a total end to foreign occupation of Germany immediately and to re-arm.

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