Sunday, December 28, 2025

The Explorers' Club, № MCXXXI

Operation AXIOM: Between the Wars—The Locarno Pact, Part II
1 December 1925: The Locarno Treaties were signed in London; in Germany, the government of Hans Luther fell after narrow Reichstag approval of Locarno, when the right-wing German National People's Party withdrew from the governing coaltion; in Poland, the National Democratic government of Władysław Grabski fell in part over the betrayal of Locarno, weakening the Franco-Polish alliance.
Commentary: The photograph below has no direct relevance to the Locarno Pact; it came up during my image search for this episode, probably in response to the prompt "Franco-Polish alliance" (it describes itself as "vintage Poland during the 1920s"). Why include it? Because airships are cool.
Lest we forget.

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