The League of Nations 1920s
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- The League of Nations 1920s
- International Disputes
- Failures
- Memel 1923
- Lithuania seizes Memel, a German port under League control
- League tells Li to leave but Conference of Ambassadors gives M to Li
- Corfu 1923
- Italian General Tellini murdered in Greece so Italy occupies C
- Conference of Ambassadors overrule League's orders for Mussolini to leave, forces G to pay compensation to I
- French Invasion of The Ruhr 1923
- League not even consulted, Britain disagreed
- Smyrna 1922
- Greeks invade and refuse to leave
- Vilna 1920
- Poland refused League orders to withdraw
- Polish army takes over V, capital of new state of Lithuania
- Memel 1923
- Successes
- Albania and Yugoslavia 1921
- Border dispute- Y forces occupy A territory, League sends commission of representatives, Y forces wothdraw
- Bulgaria 1925
- Greece invades Bulgaria but stops when condemned by League
- Upper Silesia 1921
- Wanted by both Germany and Poland
- Plebiscite organised- land split, industrial areas to G, rural areas to P
- Mosul 1924
- Turkey demands Mosul in Iraq, League supports I, T agrees
- Aaland islands 1921
- Wanted by both Finland and Sweden
- League says islands should go to F, S accepts this
- Albania and Yugoslavia 1921
- Failures
- Social Work
- Successes
- Refugee Crisis, Turkey 1922
- Many people needed to be housed in refugee camps
- The League acted quickly to stamp out cholera, smallpox and dysentery in the camps
- Introduced 8h working day and 48h working week
- Increased women's rigjhts
- Worked to end child labour
- Produced an international highway code for road users
- Refugee Crisis, Turkey 1922
- Successes
- Treaties and agreements made outside the League
- Washington Treaties 1922
- To limit navies
- Rapallo Treaty 1922
- To help Germany with money and territorial issues
- Dawes Plan 1924
- To collect war reparations and handle unemployment in Germany
- Reduced paying reparations until 1929
- USA loan G 800 million gold marks
- Locarno Treaties 1925
- Germany agrees western border and loses Alsace-Lorraine
- Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928
- Use of war prohibited unless in defence
- Involved USA, France and 60 other countries
- Young Plan 1929
- Extended time for Germany to pay reparations
- Washington Treaties 1922
- Overall, the League was quite successful during the 1920s
- International Disputes
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