The London Naval conference The London Naval Treaty The Geneva Conference Vincent and Bri-I-G w Vincent & Bridget

The London Naval Conference 1930 The five major naval powers gathered to revise the terms of the agreement made in Washington (1922). They wanted to extend the agreement Avoid an arms-race The Great Depression Ratio of capital ships from 5:5:3 to 10:10:7 (UK, USA, Japan) Submarines could not sink ships until the crew was brought to safety France and Italy agreed to not build capital ships for the following 5 years Agreements of the size and amount of submarines, cruisers and destroyers were made The treaty was to stay in effect until 1936

The London Naval Treaty The 5 major naval powers met again to renegotiate and extend the terms of the London naval conference of 1930 Japan and Italy walked out UK, France and USA agreed on cruiser tonnage Japanese and Germans introduced rearmament programs The world was instable due to numerous crises and conflicts  Agreements limiting the amount and size of the warships failed  Conference was a complete failure

Geneva Disarmament Conference Disarmament was part of Wilson ’ s 14 points There was public support for disarmament to create a more peaceful world after the reasonably peaceful 1920 ’ s, the people didn ’ t believe another war was very likely the cost of arms would have been great to the nations who were still recovering from the first world war by reducing the chance of another arms race, they hoped to reduce the chances of another war occurring the league of nations

Why the Geneva Conference was unsuccessful. Increasing unpopularity of the terms of the treaty The Depression Nations still feared their security Problems distinguishing between offensive and defensive weapons There was no one that could make sure all nations followed the terms set at the conference Other treaties (Rapallo etc.) Germany tried to expose the hypocrisy of the Allies, they withdrew in 1932 but joined the conference again in 1933 (Hitler) Mussolini wasn ’ t in favor of disarmament (attempt to make an all European pact)