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The Aaland islands.

The Aaland Islands

These islands are near enough equal distance between Finland and Sweden. They had traditionally belonged to Finland, but the majority of the islanders wanted to belong to Sweden. Neither Sweden or Finland could decide who would take ownership. In 1921, they asked the league to make a decision. The League's decision was for the islands to remain with Finland and both countried accepted the choiceand it remains force even now. Therefore, the Aaland islands was successful for the League, despite ignoring the popular demand.

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Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia

The treaty of versailles had given the people of Upper Silesia the right to have a vote, on whether they wanted to be a part of Germany or Poland. In this plebicite, 700,000 voted for Germany and the remaining  500,000 for Poland. The small difference resulted in riots between who wanted to unite with Germany and who wanted to unite with Poland. The League was then asked to resolve the conflict. After a six week investigation, the League decided to split Upper silesia between Germany and Poland. The decision was accepted by the residents as well as both countries.

(Successful)

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Corfu

Corfu

An Italian soldier was killed while working for the LON in Greece. The Italian leader, Mussolini, was angry at the greeks and wanted some form of revenge. As a result, he invaded the Greek island of Corfu as well as killing 15 people. The Greeks then reached out to the LON for help. The council concluded that Mussolini was wrong to invade Corfu and suggested he left (Moral stance). The League then demanded money from Greece for helping them. However, Mussolini refused to leave Corfu and rejected the League's advisement. In fear of losing Italy's membership in the League, they chnaged their decision. It told  Greece to apologise and pay compensation for the trouble they had caused. Greece obided and then Mussolini withdrew his soldiers from Corfu as requested. Ultimatelty, this created the impression that the LON was weak and could be ignored- possibly influencing other countries to disobey the league, without fear of great consequence. But, war was successfully avoided and both countries co-operated in the end.

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The Bulgaria Crisis

The Bulgarian Crisis

In 1925, a few Greek soldiers were murdered in a small fight on the border of Greece and Bulgaria. This aggravated the Greeks leading them to invade Bulgaria. Bulgaria asked the league for help.

The Council of the League then met. It recommended action to the assembly. They ordered Greece to remove their troops and pay compensation. The Bulgarians then told its army not to fight back, as the league had resolved the problem. Then, the Greeks listened to the league and left Bulgaria. Although, they thought that it was hypocritical after Mussolini had got away with a similar action to Corfu but, they obeyed because they didn't want to risk a bad relationship with the LON

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