Failures of the league

What was a 1st failure of the league in border disputes (Poland-Lithuania)

in 1920 vilna was the new capital of lithuania but it had a mostly polish population. So a polish army recaptured the city. France refused to upset a possible future ally against Germany and Britain could not act effectively on it’s own.

Why is the poland-lithuania situation particularly important?

in 1923 because lithuania saw the failure of the league, they seized the german port of Memel, something that the league was forced to accept.

Describe the failure of the league in corfu

in 1923, an Italian General (Tellini) was ambushed and killed on the greek side of the border between greece and Albania. Mussolini demanded compensation and execution of the murderes, and then attacked and occupied corfu. greece appealed to the league and at first italy was condemned and it was accepted that they should be payed if the murderes were caught. mussolini pressured the league and then greece were forced to pay compensation

What were the effects of the great depression of members in the league

Britain and France focused on their own issues, Japan, Italy and Germany went the opposite way and became aggressive

What was an effect of the great depression in germany specifically

america recalled loans, unemployment rose to 6 million

Describe the failure of the league in manchuria

in 1931 the japanese set up an explosion on a railway in manchuria to justify invading china. the league told to japan to withdraw, which japan ignored and continued. the league set up a commission of inquiry which took well over 6 months and was not published until late 1932. Japan just left the league in 1933

What couldn’t the league do anything bout the manchurian crisis

America was Japans main trading partner and the league could not economically sanction japan without them. the league also did not have its own army

describe the failure of the league in Abyssinia

in 1935, italy invaded Abyssinia for their resource dense land. Britain and France were reluctant to do much because of a future ally against germany. they were limited on oil sanctions because they feared usa would not also do it. Britain refused to ban coal exports because it would hurt britain

What was the effect of the great depression on the league in terms of committees and organisations

health committee impacted, refugee committee impacted

What was the effect of the great depression on the league in terms of militarism

went against leagues goal of disarmament, germany re-armed and created the luftwaffe, britain and france had to rearm in response to growing militarism