6 feb 1922 anni - Washington Naval Treaty

Descrizione:

The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was a treaty signed during 1922 among the major nations that had won World War I, which agreed to prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction.

The world's largest naval powers gathered in Washington D.C. for a conference to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia. In the wake of World War, leaders in the international community sought to prevent the possibility of another war. The conference agreed prevent an arms race by limiting naval construction.

Subsequent naval treaties sought to address this by limiting cruiser, destroyer and submarine tonnage, Unofficial effects of the treaty included the end of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance.