KQ2: To what extent was League of Nations a success? Flashcards
Main aims of LoN:
- Stop War
- Improve people’s lives/jobs
- Disarmament
- Enforce Treaty of Versailles
Operation of LoN:
- All Nations join
- All Nations disarm
- Sanctions on any member who broke rules
- Problems/disputes taken to LoN
- Protect one another if invaded
Problems from the start:
- USA didn’t join
- Dominated by Britain and France
- Germany barred
- Permanent members with vetoes: Britain, France, Italy, Japan
- No standing army
- All decisions had to be unanimous
Treaties in 1920s (6 points):
- Washington Conference 1921
- Rapallo Treaty 1922
- Dawes’ Plan 1924
- Locarno Treaty 1925
- Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928
- Young Plan 1929
All done OUTSIDE LoN, against Wilson’s 14 points
Washington Conference
- 1921
- Japan, Britain, Britain, France, USA all agree to limit navies
Rapallo Treaty
1922
- Germany and USSR open diplomatic relations
Dawes’ Plan
1924
- USA lends money to Germany to stop hyperinflation
Dawes’ Plan
1924
- USA lends money to Germany to stop hyperinflation
Locarno Treaty
1926
- Germany accepts Western Borders (gives up Saarland, Alsace-Lorraine, Malmedy)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
1928
- War is condemned as a method of conflict relation by 65 countries
Young Plan
1929
- USA agrees to reduce American war reparations to help Germany back on its feet
(Never happens because of Depression)
Successful Diplomatic Incidents in 1920s:
- Upper Silesia 1921
- Aaland Islands 1921
- Mosul 1924
- Bulgaria 1925
Upper Silesia
1921:
-LoN allowed a plebiscite and stuck to it, giving industrial land to Germany and agricultural areas to Poland
Aaland Islands
1921:
- Wanted by Sweden and Finland
- LoN gives them to Finland, Sweden backs down
Mosul:
1924:
- Area disputed between Ottomans and Iraq
- LoN gives it to Iraq, no conflict, Ottomans back down