The League of Nations - Failures
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- Created on: 14-04-13 17:43
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- Failures
- Vilna 1920
- Vilna was the capital of Lithuania, but most of the peope that lived there were Poles
- The Poles invaded Vilna and Lithuania turned to The League for help
- What happened?
- The league protested at the Poles action but the Poles stayed put
- Britain and France saw Poland as a useful ally and did not want to act. The Poles got away with it
- The league protested at the Poles action but the Poles stayed put
- Why was this bad?
- The rules were not followed. Poland should have been punished further and France and Britain shouldn't have taken sides
- Vilna was the capital of Lithuania, but most of the peope that lived there were Poles
- Corfu 1923
- Mussolini blamed Greece for the death of a general, and when the refused to pay compensation Mussolini bombarded Corfu killing 15 people
- What happened?
- The league condemned Mussolini's violence and told Greece to pay compensation (50 million lire)while it investigated the case
- It the Italians were wrong about the General it would be payed back
- Mussolini accepted but pursuaded the Conference of Ambassadors to change the ruling
- The Greeks has to apologise to Italy and pay compensation
- Mussolini accepted but pursuaded the Conference of Ambassadors to change the ruling
- It the Italians were wrong about the General it would be payed back
- The league condemned Mussolini's violence and told Greece to pay compensation (50 million lire)while it investigated the case
- Why was this bad?
- Italy wasn't punished because it was on the council (biased)
- The League didn't finish the case, The Conference of Ambassadors took over
- Vilna 1920
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