At the end of World War I the United States, Great Britain, and Japan all began large scale programs of capital ship construction. This rapid building led to a naval arms race. The Washington Naval Conference was held to limit warship construction on all sides.The Kellogg-Briand pact was a bilateral treaty to outlaw war caused by expansionist aggression.
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The Washington Naval Conference took place in Washington, DC, in 1921-1922. The world's largest naval powers gathered to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia.
Warren Harding called the Washington Disarmament Conference (otherwise known as the Washington Naval Conference) from 1921 - 1922. It was outside the League of Nations, attended by 9 countries regarding interest in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. It was the first arms control conference in history and was considered a model for success in the disarmament movement.
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It is a monument to honor Washington. That is all. No meaning or other purpose.
The purpose of the Wanssee Conference was to harmonize the organization and implentation of the "final solution of the Jews." It was called by Reinhard Heydrich and Adolf Eichmann to make sure that everyone involved in this process would do the same thing.