Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance

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The Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance was a 1935 alliance between France and the Soviet Union aimed at containing Nazi Germany through a system of collective security in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
collective security agreement ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
affectedBy German remilitarization of the Rhineland ⓘ
aimedAtContaining Nazi Germany ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance ⓘ
context interwar period ⓘ
prelude to World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
criticizedBy French right-wing parties ⓘ
United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
dateSigned 1935-05-02 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1936 ⓘ
foreignMinisterOfFranceAtSigning Pierre Laval ⓘ
foreignMinisterOfSovietUnionAtSigning Maxim Litvinov ⓘ
goal collective security in Europe ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbol of failed interwar collective security ⓘ
influenced French alliance policy in the late 1930s ⓘ
language French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalNature defensive alliance ⓘ
limitedBy requirement of prior League of Nations action ⓘ
motivatedBy remilitarization of Germany ⓘ
rise of Nazi Germany ⓘ
opposedBy Fascist Italy ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
perceivedAs deterrent against German aggression ⓘ
placeSigned Paris ⓘ
policyContext French policy of encirclement of Germany ⓘ
Soviet policy of collective security ⓘ
precedes Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ
ratifiedBy French Parliament ⓘ
Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Franco-Czechoslovak Treaty of Alliance ⓘ
League of Nations collective security system ⓘ
linked to: League of Nations
requires mutual assistance in case of unprovoked aggression by a third state ⓘ
signatory French Third Republic ⓘ
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
status defunct ⓘ
subjectMatter mutual military assistance ⓘ
political cooperation ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ
weakenedBy Franco-British appeasement policy ⓘ
Munich Agreement ⓘ
yearSigned 1935 ⓘ

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Poland–Soviet Union non-aggression pact → relatedTo → Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance ⓘ
Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance → alsoKnownAs → Franco-Soviet Pact of Mutual Assistance ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance