The Nyon Conference was a diplomatic conference held in Nyon, Switzerland, in September 1937 to address attacks on international shipping in the Mediterranean Sea during the Spanish Civil War. The conference was convened in part because Italy had been carrying out unrestricted submarine warfare, although the final conference agreement did not accuse Italy directly; instead, the attacks were referred to as "piracy" by an unidentified body. Italy was not officially at war, nor did any submarine identify itself. The conference was designed to strengthen non-intervention in the Spanish Civil War. The United Kingdom and France led the conference, which was also attended by Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Romania, Turkey, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.
Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
On September 10, in the year 1937, Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. This event is recorded as a Selected Events event in the history of September 10, one of 439 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on September 10, 1937 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Selected Events event in recorded history.
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