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Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance

2 May 1935 · 48.86° N, 2.35° E

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2 May 1935
Kind
Treaty
Coordinates
48.86° N, 2.35° E
Description
20th-century strategic governmental alliance

Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance

1935 treaty between France and the Soviet Union

The Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance was a 1935 bilateral treaty between France and the Soviet Union with the aim of enveloping Nazi Germany and reducing the military threat from Central Europe. It was pursued by Maxim Litvinov, the Soviet foreign minister, and Louis Barthou, the French foreign minister, who was accidentally killed in October 1934, before negotiations had been finished.

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