The Locarno Treaty are a series of seven agreements that were drawn up in Locarno, Switzerland and they were signed in London of 1925. This Treaty enabled Germany to become a part of the League of Nations. These treaties were also made to maintain the German and the Belgian borders and keep international cooperation balanced to avoid war. The Locarno treaty divided borders in Europe into two categories, The western and the eastern borders of Germany and Poland. They were regarded as the keystone for the improvement of western European diplomatic climate and for the introduction of international peace.

However, when the Germans did not gurantee on the separation of the eastern border, The French, Czechoslovakians and the Polish signed treaties. These treaties were later shredded because Hitler entered the Rhineland in 1936 which violated the treaty and when they took over Czechoslovakia. These situations started the Second World War.

The main focus of the Lacarno Treaty was the disarmament of several countries and to settle disputes without violence. The countries mainly involved within the treaty consisted of the League of Nations and Germany. Japan, which at the time was a part of the league of nations, benefitted from the Lacarno Treaty because it assisted Japan with the accumulation of goods and profit. These materials and money would eventually be used in order supply Japan throughout World War II.

Toy Matsushita and Scotty Ulloa

Sources:

1.) "The Locarno Treaties." Locarno Treaties: 1925. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2013. <http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/World/Locarno.html>.

2.) "Pact of Locarno (European History)." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 04 Sept. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/345660/Pact-of-Locarno>.