REVISION IGCSE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY: LOCARNO TREATY

1. LOCARNO
TREATY
IGCSE HISTORY
REVISION

2. DEFINITION
Locarno Treaty was an international agreement confirming the
territorial changes made to Germany by the Treaty of Versailles.

3. Question 1
Name two main points of
agreement at Locarno.

4. Answer 1
To respect each other’s borders and not to go to war if a dispute or
conflict arose.

5. Question 2
Were other countries involved in addition
to France, Belgium and Germany?

6. Answer 2
Yes. Poland and Czechoslovakia were pledged French support in the
event of a dispute with Germany.

7. Question 3
What role did Britain and Italy play in
the treaty?

8. Answer 3
They agreed to make sure the terms were not broken.

9. Question 4
List two ways in which the treaty
contributed to German recovery.

10. Answer 4
It removed many of the suspicions between Germany and its neighbours.
It paved the way for German entry to the League of Nations in 1926.

11. Important
Hitler broke the Locarno Treaty in 1936 when he remilitarised the
Rhineland. The other signatories, then preoccupied with the Abyssinian
War, limited their response to formal protests.