Summary.
There was a common mood of peace and disarmament throughout the 1920s. This resulted in the Washington naval conference which resulted in a number of treaties which in turn put limits on the production of naval ships
The Washington Naval Conference, 1921
- First Disarmament conference in history
- Called by Warren G. Harding
- Soviet Russia was not invited
- Resulted in three major treaties:
- Four-Power Treaty, Washington Naval Treaty, and the Nine-Power Treaty