On 23 October 1936, a nine-point protocol was signed by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany in Berlin. It was the first concrete expression of the Italo-German rapprochement that began earlier that year. I
Ciano (second from left, front) visits Gatow airfield on 24 October 1936 during his trip to Berlin. He stands between Karl-Lothar Schulz (left) and Erhard Milch (right).
Benito Mussolini Portrait
Locarno Treaties
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The Locarno Treaties, known collectively as the Locarno Pact, were seven post–World War I agreements negotiated amongst Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, Poland and Czechoslovakia in lat
From left to right, Gustav Stresemann, Austen Chamberlain and Aristide Briand during the Locarno negotiations
The German delegation at Locarno. Gustav Stresemann is fifth from the left; Hans Luther is standing slightly behind him, to his left.
The Locarno conference attendees. One will recognize Mussolini, Stresemann, Chamberlain and Briand.
Autochrome of the Belgian delegation. Left to right: Henri Rolin, Joseph de Ruelle, Emile Vandervelde, Pierre van Zuylen and Ferdinand du Chastel