GCSE- History Paper 1- League of Nations
- Created by: Jack Youren
- Created on: 20-10-13 15:44
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- History- League of Nations
- Membership
- Leadership fell to Britain and France as the USA did not join
- Was a problem because USA= Most powerful country in the world
- Italy and Japan were also permanent members of the council
- B & F didn't have resources like USA- felt only trade sanctions would work if US applied them
- Leadership fell to Britain and France as the USA did not join
- Manchuria
- 1- Sept 1931- A railway in Japan leading to Manchuria was destroyed
- 2- China and Japan express versions of the bombing
- 3- The league send Lord Lytton to Manchuria to find out whether the Japanese had destroyed their own railway or if China had destroyed it
- 4- Lytton returns a year later to say Japan had blown the railway up but, Japan had already invaded Manchuria
- 5- LofN ask them to withdraw from Manchuria but, they invaded even more of China
- 6- They then ordered them to leave but, they instead resigned from the League
- 7- The League was powerless to do anything as, they were in economic crisis and their sanctions were useless
- Abyssinia
- 1- Mussolini wanted to conquer Abyssinia as they had resources and wanted glory and revenge
- 2- LofN wanted to avoid clash with Aby- Greatest allies against Hitler
- 3- Mussolini hoped Brit & Fr would allow him to conquer Aby after signing the Stresa Pact
- 4- Aby troops were slaughted by Italy's superior army and weaponry- had tanks, planes, poison gas and more experienced troops
- 5- The League decided to ban the sale of arms in Italy
- 6- Brit & Fr agreed to give some of Aby to Italy in private- had no right
- 7- By May 1936 Italy had conquered Abyssinia
- 8- The League's failure to act in Aby showed the weakness of the League and gives Hitler encouragement because Abyssinia's army is mostly destroyed
- Why did the LofN fail?
- French + British self interest / other priorities
- Absent powers- USA / USSR
- ABYSSINIA / MANCHURIA
- Ineffective sanctions
- Lack of troops
- Unfair Treaty- People don't want to uphold an unfair TofV
- Reaching Decisions- VETO / Unanimous
- Membership
- 6- Brit & Fr agreed to give some of Aby to Italy in private- had no right
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