League of Nations
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- Created on: 14-02-18 09:31
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- The League of Nations in the 1920s
- Successes in the 1920s
- Aaland Islands
- Sweden and Finland
- Concerned who was the rule the islands
- Islanders wanted to be ruled by Sweden
- League awarded to Finland and Sweden accepted
- Upper Silesia
- Germany and Poland
- Concerned who was to keep Upper Silesia
- Plebicite was held and result stated that it should be under German rule
- However, in rural areas there was a majority Poland vote.
- League suggested a partitionWest -> PolandEast -> Germany
- However, in rural areas there was a majority Poland vote.
- Mosul
- Iraq and Turkey
- Turkey wanted to claim Mosul
- League condemned the action and Turkey accepted
- Bulgaria
- Greece and Bulgaria
- Greece ordered to pay reparations following an invasion on Bulgaria.
- Greece accepted ruling however felt as thought they had been unfairly treated in comparison to the Corfu Incident
- Aaland Islands
- Failures in 1920s
- Vilna
- Poland and Lithuania
- Polish army seized the city and Lithuania appealed to League
- Poland was asked to withdraw troops but denied.
- Matter was handed over to conference of ambassadors where Vilna was awarded to Poland
- Poland was asked to withdraw troops but denied.
- Ruhr
- Germany failed to pay reparations
- France occupied the Ruhr with the objective of stealing coal, iron and steel equal to the reparations
- The outcome gave the impression that the League was merely a "victors club"
- Corfu
- Italy and Greece
- 1923 Mussolini ordered a naval bombardment and occupation of Corfu
- In response to the murder of an Italian general
- Italy demanded compensation
- Greece appealed to League whose initial response was to condemn Italy.
- Court of Ambassadors ordered Greece to pay compensation and Italy to withdraw troops
- Final impression
- bullying tactics paid off
- Greece paid excessive compensation
- Exposed the League's weaknesses when dealing with more powerful countries
- Vilna
- League's Agencies
- Refugee Organisation
- Health Organisation
- Financial Organisation
- International Labour Organisation
- Slavery Commission
- Disarmament Commission
- Successes in the 1920s
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