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why was Locarno treaty a success of the British diplomacy?


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Hello M,

Wikipedia has a brief but interesting article on the subject:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locarno_Treaty

I think that Locarno was  a British success because of the securities placed on the borders of Poland.  Britain was a guarantor of Poland's boundaries, so getting the other nations to agree to its sovereignty meant that British diplomacy remained the strongest in Europe, if not the world.

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I am knowledgeable about English history from about 1400 to 1688, and then from the reign of Victoria (after 1837). I have a particular interest in the monarchy and dynastic relations of Europe from 1800 onwards. I cannot answer questions regarding the latter Stuarts, the early Hanovers, and the politics of the 18th century.

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Undergraduate degree in British history.
Lifelong interest, and over 25 years of personal study.
Oxford University: History of the British Monarchy

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BA/History
MS/Library and Information Science
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Graduated with distinction from the Program for European Studies (UMass Boston).

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Graduated with distinction from the Program for European Studies (UMass Boston).

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