Failure of the League Of Nations
-Usa doesn't join
-Germany joins 1926- pulls out in 1933
-Lack of enforcement (only economic sanctions)
-Too Closely linked with the treaty of versailles
-Nationalism too strong (big guys don't want little guys to tell them what to do)
-"Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive"
examples:
Japanese Occupation of Manchuria, 1931
-Japan owns South Manchurian railway
-Military operation in 1931 claiming Manchuria (renamed Munchukuo)
-1932 - League's Lytton Commission decides Japan to leave
-Japan quits the league - invades northern china 1933
-Legue decides this has no effect on Europe - and ignores this situation
-Two men in europe take notice - Hitler, Mussolini
Italian occupation of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1935
-Italy had interest in colony since 1895
-Mussolini wanted to expand his empire (Imperialism)
-1934, an incident is set up where Italians are killed (giving them a reason to invade)
-Ethiopia appealed to the league
End of the league of Nations
-League does not repond - Italy invades
-Economic sanctions threatened by league
-Hoare-Laval plan gives most of Ethiopia to Italy if fighting stopped
-Plan undermines the league
-People loose interest - Mussolini complestes conquest
-Signals the end of the league (Still exists until 1945)
-Usa doesn't join
-Germany joins 1926- pulls out in 1933
-Lack of enforcement (only economic sanctions)
-Too Closely linked with the treaty of versailles
-Nationalism too strong (big guys don't want little guys to tell them what to do)
-"Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive"
examples:
Japanese Occupation of Manchuria, 1931
-Japan owns South Manchurian railway
-Military operation in 1931 claiming Manchuria (renamed Munchukuo)
-1932 - League's Lytton Commission decides Japan to leave
-Japan quits the league - invades northern china 1933
-Legue decides this has no effect on Europe - and ignores this situation
-Two men in europe take notice - Hitler, Mussolini
Italian occupation of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1935
-Italy had interest in colony since 1895
-Mussolini wanted to expand his empire (Imperialism)
-1934, an incident is set up where Italians are killed (giving them a reason to invade)
-Ethiopia appealed to the league
End of the league of Nations
-League does not repond - Italy invades
-Economic sanctions threatened by league
-Hoare-Laval plan gives most of Ethiopia to Italy if fighting stopped
-Plan undermines the league
-People loose interest - Mussolini complestes conquest
-Signals the end of the league (Still exists until 1945)
Germany rearms - Militarizes the Rhineland
-1935 Hitler introduces conscription in Germany
-France, Britain and Italy form the Stresa front to condemn Hitler's actions
-1935 Mussolini signs naval agreement with hitler
-March 1936 Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland (Breaking the Locarno Pact)
-1935 Hitler introduces conscription in Germany
-France, Britain and Italy form the Stresa front to condemn Hitler's actions
-1935 Mussolini signs naval agreement with hitler
-March 1936 Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland (Breaking the Locarno Pact)
Summary:
The league of nations looked past the acts of fascism, which made Italy and Germany take advantage of the circumstances and gained power quickly and efficiently.
The league of nations looked past the acts of fascism, which made Italy and Germany take advantage of the circumstances and gained power quickly and efficiently.