League of Nations 1930s
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- The League of Nations 1930s
- Impact of the Depression
- Britain suffered high unemployment. It did not want to help sort out international disputes while its own economy was suffering.
- Threatened destruction of Japan's industry therefore led to the Manchurian Crisis.
- Economic problems in Italy encouraged Mussolini to build overseas empires, leading to the Abyssinian Crisis.
- USA did not want to support economic sanctions while its own trade was in chaos.
- Unemployment and poverty in Germany led to the election of the Nazis who were open about their plan to overturn the TofV.
- France were worried about the changing situation in Germany so began to build a series of frontier defences on its border with G.
- Damaged the trade and industry of all countries and affected relations between them therefore making the League's work much more difficult.
- Manchurian Crisis 1931-33
- Japan wanted control of M because China had excellent access to natural resources
- Invaded under the reason that M property and population had been "attacked" by C- bomb planted on M railway
- League sent officials who took a year to compile report, voted J return M
- J does not withdraw troops and in response resigns from the League
- Abyssinian Crisis 1935-36
- Encouraged by Manchurian crisis, M decides to invade A and demand extensive territories there
- Abyssinia had raw materials and was located conveniently next to Eritrea, part of the Italian empire
- A appealed to the League but Britain was more concerned about keeping I as a friend against Germany
- Mussolini wanted to increase Italian empire
- In the end, League did nothing. This made them look weak because they were seen to have been giving in to aggression
- Why the disarmament conference failed
- France and Germany could not agree, F wanted to be sure that if they reduced armed forces they would not be threatened by G
- G wanted TofV terms, which restricted the size of their armed forces, abolished
- Doomed from the start- disarmament had always been difficult
- None of countries were serious about disarming
- Each country had its own interests in mind
- Many British agreed that TofV was unfair
- 1936- Hitler remilitarises the Rhineland
- Impact of the Depression
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