LAD #32

Summary of the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact

 The Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact was signed in Paris in 1928 and ratified by several countries, including the U.S., in 1929. It was created following the Great War as a means to outlaw any future wars between countries. The United States, Australia, Dominion of Canada, Czechoslovkia, Germany, Great Britain, India, Irish Free State, Italy, New Zealand, Union of South Africa, Poland, Belgium, France, and Japan all signed the pact and agreed not to go to war with each other. Supposedly if the nations had stuck to the agreement, then major world wars would never occur again. The main goal being to get rid of war as a means to solve disputes and to create new, more peaceful, ways to solve issues between nations. Every nation that signed had their government agree to avoid war at all costs. Lastly, the pact was left open in hopes that more and more countries would be persuaded into joining the peace agreement.