To What Extent Was the League of Nations a Success?
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- Created on: 29-05-13 20:01
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- To What Extent Was the League of Nations a Success?
- What Were the Aims of the League?
- Permanent Court of International Justice
- Created to settle disputes between countries.
- Special Commissions
- Refugees Committee
- Slavery Commission
- Health Committee
- Permanent Court of International Justice
- How Far Did Weaknesses in the League's Organisation Make Failure Inevitable?
- How Successful Was the League in the 1920s?
- Successes
- Preserving peace between minor powers
- Aaland Islands - 1921
- Upper Silesia - 1921
- Bulgaria - 1925
- Helped to rebuild Europe and aid refugees after WWI
- Improved health and labour conditions around the world
- Locarno Agreements -1925
- Germany joins League in 1926.
- Kellogg-Briand Pact - 1928
- 65 states agreed their armies would be used only for 'self-defence.'
- Provided the groundwork for the UN
- Preserving peace between minor powers
- Failures
- The Corfu Incident
- Mussolini occupied Corfu in 1923 after the murder of an Italian diplomat
- A decision made by the League regarding financial compensation was overturned by Mussolini
- The League seemed weak
- A decision made by the League regarding financial compensation was overturned by Mussolini
- Mussolini occupied Corfu in 1923 after the murder of an Italian diplomat
- French Occupation of the Ruhr
- Germany failed to keep up with reparations payments
- France invaded the industrial region of the Ruhr in 1923
- The League didn't intervene
- France invaded the industrial region of the Ruhr in 1923
- Germany failed to keep up with reparations payments
- Vilna - 1920
- The Corfu Incident
- Successes
- How Far did the Depression Make the Work of the League More Difficult?
- People were much more likely to support extreme leaders due to poverty
- Rise of Dictators
- Rome-Berlin Axis - 1936
- Italy leaves - 1937
- USSR expelled - 1939
- Powerless to prevent WWII
- USSR expelled - 1939
- Italy leaves - 1937
- Rome-Berlin Axis - 1936
- Hitler comes to power in 1933
- The Disarmament Conference - 1932-34
- Germany complained only it had disarmed.
- League could not get other members to agree to disarm.
- Germany left the League, along with Japan (1933), and began to rearm openly.
- Powerless to prevent WWII
- Germany left the League, along with Japan (1933), and began to rearm openly.
- League could not get other members to agree to disarm.
- Germany complained only it had disarmed.
- The Disarmament Conference - 1932-34
- Rise of Dictators
- Countries such as Britain and France were less willing to help - far more concerned about domestic issues
- Aggravating factor in international conflicts
- Why did the League Fail over Manchuria and Abyssinia
- Manchurian Crisis - 1931
- Japan invaded Manchuria.
- After a long delay, no action was taken.
- Made the League seem weak and ineffective.
- Made the League seem weak and ineffective.
- After a long delay, no action was taken.
- Japan invaded Manchuria.
- Abyssinian Crisis - 1935-36
- Italy invaded Abyssinia
- League members could not agree sanctions against Italy.
- League was seen as powerless and irrelevant.
- League was seen as powerless and irrelevant.
- League members could not agree sanctions against Italy.
- Italy invaded Abyssinia
- Manchurian Crisis - 1931
- Why did the League Fail over Manchuria and Abyssinia
- People were much more likely to support extreme leaders due to poverty
- Why did the League Fail over Manchuria and Abyssinia
- Manchurian Crisis - 1931
- Japan invaded Manchuria.
- After a long delay, no action was taken.
- Made the League seem weak and ineffective.
- Made the League seem weak and ineffective.
- After a long delay, no action was taken.
- Japan invaded Manchuria.
- Abyssinian Crisis - 1935-36
- Italy invaded Abyssinia
- League members could not agree sanctions against Italy.
- League was seen as powerless and irrelevant.
- League was seen as powerless and irrelevant.
- League members could not agree sanctions against Italy.
- Italy invaded Abyssinia
- Manchurian Crisis - 1931
- What Were the Aims of the League?
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