League of Nations 1920

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Describe what happened in the Åland Islands -1921
It’s an island between Sweden and Finland, the population was Swedish, but the island belonged to Finland, however they wanted to belong to Sweden, they went to the LON, it’s seen as a sucsses, but it stayed part of finland, not everyone was happy
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Describe what happend in Vilna -1920
Poland took control of the Lithuanian capital vilna, Lithuania went to the LON, they asked the pols to leave, but they refused, this was seen as a failure
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Describe what happend in Upper Silesia -1921
The population was half German and half Polish , the was a population vote but neither side gained a majority, so the league split the population, this was seen as a sucsees
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Describe what happened with the War of the stray dog (Bulgaria) -1925
A dog went over into Bulgaria , so a Greek soldier went to get it, the soldier then got shot, they appealed to the LON and Greece got the blame, this was seen as a sucsses even though not everyone’s was happy
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Describe what happened in Corfu - 1923
Italian men killed settling disputed, Mussolini blamed the Greeks Andy demanded compensation Andy for the shooters to be dead, he then invaded Corfu, the LON got Italy compensation and got them to leave corfu, seen as a sucsses
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Describe what happend in the rhur-1923
Germany didn’t pay reperations, so French invaded the Ruhr and took resources, the LON did nothing as France would veto any descission made
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Desrribe the aims of the mandate commission
The aim of the commission was to make sure Britain and France acted in the interested of the people of that territory, not their own intrestes
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Describe what happend in Vilna -1920

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Poland took control of the Lithuanian capital vilna, Lithuania went to the LON, they asked the pols to leave, but they refused, this was seen as a failure

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Describe what happened in Corfu - 1923

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