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The Franco-Polish Alliance was the military alliance between Poland and France that was active between the early 1920s and the outbreak of the Second World War. The initial agreements were signed in February 1921 and formally took effect in 1923.
Polish–French relations are relations between the nations of Poland and France, which date back several centuries.. Despite a number of cultural similarities, such as being prominent old medieval European kingdoms, belonging to Western civilization and sharing a common Roman Catholic religion, relations between France and Poland have only become relevant since the Renaissance era.
Histoire de l'amitié franco-polonaise – A History of Franco-Polish friendship Rosa Bailly (14 March 1890 – 14 June 1976), known also as Rosa Dufour-Bailly and Aimée Dufour was a French teacher, journalist and writer closely tied throughout her professional life to the cause of Poland and its literature.
A Franco-Polish Alliance was formed in 1524 between the king of France Francis I and the king of Poland Sigismund I. [ 1 ] Francis I was looking for allies in Central Europe to create a balance against the power of Habsburg Emperor Charles V . [ 1 ]
The foreign alliances of France have a long and complex history spanning more than a millennium. One traditional characteristic of the French diplomacy of alliances has been the "Alliance de revers" (i.e. "Rear alliance"), aiming at allying with countries situated on the opposite side or "in the back" of an adversary, in order to open a second front encircling the adversary and thus re ...
Frankish–Abbasid alliance: 777–800s Franco-Mongol alliance: 1220–1316 Franco-Scottish alliance: 1295–1560 Franco-Polish alliance: 1524–1526 Franco-Hungarian alliance: 1528–1552 Franco-Ottoman alliance: 1536–1798 Franco-English alliance: 1657–1660 Franco-Indian alliance: 1603–1763 Franco-British alliance: 1716–1731 Franco ...
Beneš told him that the existence of the Little Entente was being threatened by Poland, and he accused the Poles of "tending to deflect German expansion towards the Danube basin" and that because of the German-Polish Nonaggression Pact, "Poland was acting contrary if not to the letter, at least the spirit of the Franco-Polish alliance". [28]
It is believed that the good relationship between the Queens saved Poland from the attack of the Ottoman Army during the Italian Wars. Worried about the growing ties between the Habsburgs and Russia by 1524, Sigismund signed a Franco-Polish alliance with King Francis I of France to avoid a possible two-front war. Bona was instrumental in ...