After Versailles

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After Versailles

• The 1920s

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• In this part of the course we will look at how
  British Foreign Policy adjusted to the new world.
• It is important to remember that between 1918 and
  1930 the British government changed several times
• 1919-1922 Coalition government led by Lloyd
  George
• 1922-1923 Conservative led by Bonar Law
• May 1923-Jan 1924 Conservative Stanley Baldwin
• Jan 1924-Nov 1924 Labour led by Ramsey Macdonald
• Nov 1924-June 1929 Conservative led by Stanley
  Baldwin
• June 1929-Aug 1931 Labour led by Ramsey Macdonald
• How could these changes affect British foreign
  policy?

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• We must focus on these questions in the next
  couple of weeks
• To what extent, and why, did Britain seek to
  soften the impact of the Treaty of Versailles in
  its relations with Germany during the 1920s?
• In what ways, and with what success, did
  successive British Governments seek to promote
  disarmament and international harmony during the
  1920s?
• A study of British foreign policy in the 1920s
  suggests that British governments increasingly
  accepted the need for the treaty of Versailles to
  be amended in Germanys favour. How far do you
  agree with this opinion?

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• Russia
• Britain sends help to the whites
• Russo-Polish war
• Anglo-Russian trade agreement

Lloyd George 1919-1921

• Germany
• Treaty of Versailles
• Reparations

• Other Major Events
• Treaties with Hungary Bulgaria
• and Turkey

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• Russia

Bonar Law 1922-1924

• Germany
• French occupation of Ruhr 1923

• Other Major Events
• Washington Naval Conference
• Mussolini to power
• Chanak crisis

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• Russia
• Britain recognises USSR 1924
• Zinoviev letter 1924
• Arcos affair -break in diplomatic
• relations 1927
• Anglo-USSR relations restored

Baldwin Macdonald Baldwin 1924-1929

• Germany
• Dawes Plan 1924
• Locarno 1925
• Germany joins League of Nations
• 1926
• Young Plan

• Other Major Events
• Kellogg-Briand Pact