How the league responded to the Abyssinian crisis
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- Created on: 14-12-20 17:22
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- How did the league fail in Abyssinia?
- Failure to close the Suez Canal
- Britain and France owned the canal so could of closed it to preventMussolini movingtrrops and supplies to Abyssinia
- were too worried Mussolini would unite with hitler so tried to keep him on their side
- Britain and France owned the canal so could of closed it to preventMussolini movingtrrops and supplies to Abyssinia
- trade sanctions against Italy
- Members of the league were forbidden to sell weapons to Italy but allowed oil and coal to keep good British mining areas with good coal
- Mussolini later said if coal and oil was banned, the invasion would have stopped as he couldn't fuel his machines
- Members of the league were forbidden to sell weapons to Italy but allowed oil and coal to keep good British mining areas with good coal
- The Hoare-laval pact
- Britain and France sent their foreign ministers Laval and Hoare to make a settlement with Italy
- In December1935, they met in secret and agreed Italy would be given areas in Abyssinia
- Abyssinia would be reduced half its size and Italy would gain the fertile areas. The land was not theirs to give and decided it alone
- In December1935, they met in secret and agreed Italy would be given areas in Abyssinia
- Britain and France sent their foreign ministers Laval and Hoare to make a settlement with Italy
- Trade sanctions against Abyssinia
- The league banned members from selling arms to Abyssinia as well as to italy. Abyssinia was left with nothing
- Failure to close the Suez Canal
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