Demilitarisation or demilitarization is the reduction of a nation's army, weapons, or military vehicles to an agreed minimum. Demilitarisation is usually the result of a peace treaty ending a war or a major conflict.
Demilitarisation was a policy in a number of countries after both world wars. After the First World War the United Kingdom greatly reduced her military strength. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This caused the country to be in a position of weakness during the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany and lead to the policy of appeasement, though other factors may have contributed to the development of this policy as well, such as the personalities of U. K. leaders and the ideals they held, as well as the desire not to repeat the horrors of World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Demilitarisation can also refer to the policies employed by the Allied forces occupying Germany and Japan after World War II, where their militaries were dismantled and removed from public life. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
Demilitarisation can also refer to the reduction of one or more types of weapons or weapons systems. See Arms Control
It can also refer to the demilitarisation of a specific area, such as a buffer zone between nations previously engaged in armed conflict, see demilitarised zone. Arms control is an umbrella term for restrictions upon the development production stockpiling Proliferation, and usage of Weapons especially Weapons of mass
Examples of demilitarisation include:
- The Treaty of Versailles barred post-World War I Germany from having an air force, armoured vehicles, and certain types of naval vessels. The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. In addition, it established a demilitarised zone in the Rhineland. The Rhineland ( Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany.
- The massive reductions of military personnel in the Allied countries, following World War I.
- The Washington Naval Treaty
- The demilitarisation of life in post-World War II Japan and Germany. The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, limited the naval armaments of its five signatories the United States of America, the
- The Chemical Weapons Convention
See also
- Disarmament
- Militarisation
- Washington Naval Conference of 1921-22
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