WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. The document presented here is the archival copy of the treaty concluded by the governments of Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, and Italy in the city of Locarno, Switzerland, on October 16, 1925.

Detailed explanation-2: -1 December 2015 marks the 90th anniversary of the formal signing of the Locarno Treaties at the Foreign Office in London. Named after the town in Switzerland where the treaties had been negotiated a few months earlier, their aim was to bring peace and security to Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Locarno Pact had three main aims: To secure borders of the nations of Europe after the First World War. Germany agreed to the border with France, and as a result France agreed that they would be in a state of peace with Germany. To ensure the permanent demilitarisation of the Rhineland.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pact reassured France about its borders and Germany about any French invasion/occupation, as had happened in 1923.

Detailed explanation-5: -The success of the Locarno agreements led to the admission of Germany to the League of Nations in September 1926, with a seat on its council as a permanent member.