The Kellog-Briand Peace Pact, also know as the Pact of Paris was signed August 27, 1928 and was meant to prevent the second world war from occurring after the failure of the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty was named after Aristide Briand and Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg. Briand proposed the treaty, as he wanted to ensure that there was no war between the United States and France. Meanwhile, Kellogg was the American Secretary of State. France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Italy and Japan originally signed the agreement. Later, 47 more countries decided to ratify it masking it a total of 62 countries. However, the League of Nations needed strength it did not have to enforce this treaty. The pact's first test was the Mukden Incident when Japan invaded Manchuria and no one intervened. Ultimately, the peace pact accomplished the same as the Treaty of Versailles, due to the League of Nations' inability to pacify any conflicts.
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| The Treaty of Versailles was the initial peace negotiation following the Great War, however it failed and made the Pact of Paris necessary. |
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