Treaty of Alliance and Mutual Assistance between the United Kingdom and France | |
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Type | Mutual defence treaty |
Signed | 4 March 1947 |
Location | Dunkirk, France |
Effective | 8 September 1947 |
Parties | France and the United Kingdom |
Languages | English and French |
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The Treaty of Dunkirk was signed on 4 March 1947, between France and the United Kingdom in Dunkirk (France) as a Treaty of Alliance and Mutual Assistance against a possible German attack in the aftermath of World War II. The Dunkirk Treaty entered into force on 8 September 1947 and it preceded the Treaty of Brussels of 1948. According to professor of Political Science Marc Trachtenberg, the German threat was a pretext for defense against USSR.