The failures of the League of Nation
-USA does not 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 the little guys to tell them what to do
Japanese occupation of Manchuria, 1931
-Japan owns South Manchurian railway
-Military operation in 1931 claiming Manchuria (Renamed Manchukuo)
-1932- League's Lytton Commission decides Japan to leave
-Japan quits the League of Nations and Invades Northern China,1933
-League decides that this issue has no effect on Europe- Ignores the situation
-Two men from Europe take notice (Mussolini and Hitler)
Italian Occupation of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1935
-Italy has no interest in colony since 1895
-Mussolini wanted to expand his empire, Imperialism
-1934 an incident is set up where Italians are killed
-Ethiopia appealed to the League
The End of the League of Nations
-League does not respond- Italy Invades
-Economic sanctions threatened by the League
-people lose interest
-Hoare-Laval plan gives most of Ethiopia to Italy if fighting stops
-Plan undermines the league
-people lose interest- Mussolini completes the conquest
-Signals end of League of Nations (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
-USA does not 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 the little guys to tell them what to do
Japanese occupation of Manchuria, 1931
-Japan owns South Manchurian railway
-Military operation in 1931 claiming Manchuria (Renamed Manchukuo)
-1932- League's Lytton Commission decides Japan to leave
-Japan quits the League of Nations and Invades Northern China,1933
-League decides that this issue has no effect on Europe- Ignores the situation
-Two men from Europe take notice (Mussolini and Hitler)
Italian Occupation of Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1935
-Italy has no interest in colony since 1895
-Mussolini wanted to expand his empire, Imperialism
-1934 an incident is set up where Italians are killed
-Ethiopia appealed to the League
The End of the League of Nations
-League does not respond- Italy Invades
-Economic sanctions threatened by the League
-people lose interest
-Hoare-Laval plan gives most of Ethiopia to Italy if fighting stops
-Plan undermines the league
-people lose interest- Mussolini completes the conquest
-Signals end of League of Nations (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
"the League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.
-Benito Mussolini