League of Nations

1920-1929

Villa dispute (Poland-Lithuania)

Vilna success or failure?

Failure bc Polish army annexed Vilna and refused to withdraw

1921

Aaland Islands (Finland-Sweden)

Aaland Islands success or failure

Success bc League gave islands to Finland with protections for Swedish (remove Finnish troops) and both accepted

1923

Corfu (Greece-Italy)

Corfu success or failure

Failure bc Mussolini invaded and even tho he withdrew, Greece paid compensation to Italy

Impact of Corfu

League failed to punish Italy when it was clear aggressor => unwilling to challenge powerful nation

When did Mussolini invade Corfu

31 August 1923

When were Tellini + co assassinated and where

27 august 1923, Greek-Albanian border (Greek soil)

When did the League condemn Mussolini over Corfu

7 September 1923

When did Mussolini withdraw from Corfu

27 September 1923

1924

Geneva Protocol (Britain+France)

Geneva Protocol said what

Member states go to League for dispute; accept ruling or face economic/military sanctions

Geneva Protocol would have done what

Make league fairer, give rulings more weight

Why did Geneva protocol not go through

Tories came into power in general election, worried Britain would be forced to agree to something not in own interests

Geneva Protocol success or failure

Failure as it didn’t go through

1925

Greece-Bulgaria

Greece-Bulgaria success or failure

Success: Greece withdrew and had to pay £45,000 in compensation. Failure: Demonstrates that powerful states (Italy) treated differently

Why did Greece invade Bulgaria in 1925

Greek soldiers killed on border

October 30 1929

Wall Street Crash

Impact of WSC

USA unwilling to give loans or help Germany w reparations; USA, GB, FR wouldn’t support sanctions

18 September 1931

Japanese claim Chinese set up explosion sabotaging Manchurian railway and invade Manchuria

October 1932

Lytton Report

Lytton report concluded

Japan was in the wrong

Manchuria success or failure

Failure bc League failed to impose sanctions; JP left League in 1933

October 1933

Germany withdraws from League under Hitler

Dec 1934

Wal-Wal troop clash at oasis

Oct 1935

Italy invades Abyssinia

Dec 1935

Hoare-Laval Pact (GB + FR)

why were Abyssinia sanctions weak

No oil, iron, steel; didn’t close Suez Canal

League reaction to Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia

Economic sanctions but didn’t include oil, iron, steel

Hoare-laval pact said what

2/3 of Abyssinia to Italy

Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia involved

250,000 soldiers, chemical warfare

Which countries pursued militarism

Italy, Germany, Japan, GB + FR

May 1936

Italy captures Addis Ababa

Why did Abyssinia prove that league was weak without US

didn’t place oil sanctions as US sold oil to Italy and it might make US not support league

League humanitarian work

Refugees commission, Health committee, ILO labour, Slavery commission

What did Mussolini demand from the League in Corfu

Conference of Ambassadors decide outcome

1921 not Aaland

Upper Silesia (Germany-Poland)

Upper Silesia success or failure

Success: League gave Poland the industrial and Germany the rural areas. Failure: arguments arose after solution ended in 1925