Bulgaria 1925

Question 1

What countries were involved in the dispute?

Answer 1

Greece and Bulgaria

Question 2

When did the dispute happen?

Answer 2

1925

Question 3

What was the dispute about?

Answer 3

• Some Greek soldiers were killed in a small fight on the border between Greece and Bulgaria.
• The Greeks were angry
• They invaded Bulgaria
• Bulgaria asked the League for help

Question 4

What did the League do?

Answer 4

• The council of the League met
• It condemned the Greeks, and told them to leave Bulgaria

Question 5

What was the outcome?

Answer 5

• The Bulgaria government sent orders to its army not to fight back
• The Greeks did as the League said and left Bulgaria

Question 6

What were the successes of this dispute?

Answer 6

• Bulgaria appealed to the league when it was invaded, it was therefore following the league’s processes.
• It was not responding in an aggressive manner, it was using the LoN as a deciding body - to try and keep the peace.
• The league appealed to both countries to stop fighting and they both obeyed. (cooperation and reducing aggression)
• The league sent a commission to investigate the incident.
• The Commission found in favour of Bulgaria so the Greeks were ordered to leave Bulgaria and were forced to pay compensation.
• The Greeks obeyed.

Question 7

What were the failures of the dispute?

Answer 7

• Bulgaria incident raised questions about the league’s fairness because Greece argued that smaller countries (eg. Greece) were not being treated fairly relative to larger countries such as Italy - larger countries they argued seemed to be getting away with more aggression.