league Flashcards
successes of league - the aland islands
league avoided war when sweden and finland fought on access of aland islands. league investigated and said it belonged to finland yet it was aunble to turn it into a base to attack sweden
successes of the league- corfu
italian generals and team were murdered in greece and mussloni blamed greece for it, asking to be paid compensation. mussloni invaded 0n 31 august 1923. when greece turned to the league, the league told greece to pay compensation.
league in 1920- failure wall street crash
league was powerless against those in countries where all hope was lost and turned to dictators which condemned violence after the depression
manchuria crisis
Manchuria is rich in natural resources which japan needed due to the depression
there was an explostion on the south manchurian railway and claimed the chinese did it
used an excuse to invade manchuria and put a pupper leader in charge who was controlled by japan
failures of league manchuria
lytoon report took a year to publish, saying japan was in the wrong
japan ignored and left the league and again invaded another chinese region
member acted with agression and didnt deal with it properly
abysinnian crisis
abyssinia had fertile land and natural resources
mussolini wanted to add to italys empire and abyssinia was independent, making it easier
two italian colonies bordered abysinnia
italy invaded before anf failed, wanted to restore pride
was aware LON and britain and france would do nothing to stop hima
failures of league abyssinia
league banned trading weapons with italy, yet did not include tradingcoal, steal oil and iron which were vital to war effort. USA and USSR could supply italy as well
britain and france failed to close suez canal, allowing italy to send weapons and supplies to absyinnia
did not supply abysinnia, unable to defend itself
worried mussloni would ally with hitler
hoare and laval, met in secret to offer italy half of abysinnia. - showed weakness
weaknesses of league
league had no army
no fear was made by the LON
members would undermine the league for their own personal gain
assembly only met once a year, decisions were not made quickly
LON not enough people to carry out aims
USA not being a member made trade sanctions useless as people could still trade with usa
locarno treaty
german and france relationship was still hostile
both ministers met to sign a treaty declaring peace
germans accepted borders of tov
treaty also signed by GB, ITALY, CZECH, BELGIUM agreeing to not go to war
this showed germans being more peaceful
represnted end to german resentment of tov
LON WAS NOT AT FOREFRONT OF THIS INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT AS IT SHOULDVE BEEN REGARDING PEACE YET HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT
kellog briand treaty
65 countries met in paris to sign a agreement to no longer solve disputes with war
once again, individual countries acted indepently which made it look like it was just a place to air out problems instead of finding solutions to them
