The League of Nations and Treaty of Versailles

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What did Lloyd George want in the Treaty of Versailles?
Reparations, navy disarmament, French territory returned, League of Nations, and a mild treaty
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What did Clemenceau want in the Treaty?
Disarm and split up Germany, take over Rhineland, League of Nations set up, revenge and compensation
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What did Woodrow Wilson want in the Treaty?
World disarmament, League of Nations to prevent war, end empires, national self-determination for the people of Eastern Europe
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Why did Clemenceau want to treat Germany harshly?
Pay for damage caused by war, prevent future attacks on France, to break Germany into smaller, weaker states and for revenge
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What was Germany's punishment?
Pay unlimited reparations, disarmed (allowed 100,000 soldiers and 6 battleships), had to accept responsibilty
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Was territory did Germany lose in the Treaty of Versailles?
Alsace-Lorraine, Polish corridor, Danzig, Upper Silesia, Saarland and Rhineland
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Was Versailles justified?
Reparations harsh on struggling countries, unfair to ban Germany from discussions, not based on 14 points, BUT Germans were harsher on Russia in Brest-Litovsk and harsh terms of the armistice were agreed
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What were the other treaties?
St Germain (Austria, 1919), Trianon (Hungary, 1920), Neililly (Bulgaria, 1919)
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Requirements of other treaties
Reparations, armies cut, lost territory, guilt
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What were the League of Nations aims?
Stop wars, encourage disarmament, improve working conditions and tackle disease
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What is Arbitration?
The power to settle international disputes between countries.
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What was the League of Nations organisation?
Assembly (met once a year), Council (met regularly), Secretariat (handled paperwork), Court of International Justice, and individual committees (carried out humanitarian work)
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What were the League of Nations main weaknesses?
Set up by the Treaty which was hated, their aims were too ambitious, Germany, USA and Russia weren't members, they had no army, decisions had to be unanimous and their organisation was slow and inefficient
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What were the League of Nations main strengths?
Set up by the Treaty (all nations had signed), had 58 nation members by the 1930's and could apply trade sanctions and arbitration
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Failures of the League of Nations
Poland and Vilna (1921), Corfu (1923), no 48-hour week and disarmament talks failed
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Successes of the League of Nations in the 1920's
Helped Turkish refugee camps, returned 400,000 prisoners of war, worked against leprosy and malaria, Aaland Islands (1921), Upper Silesia (1921)
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How did the Depression affect the League?
Mass unemployment caused anger, German industry collapsed, Great Britain and France financially suffered
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What happened in the Aaland Islands (1921)?
Settled a dispute between Sweden and Finland, the League decided islands should belong to Finland and both countries were satisfied
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What happened in Silesia (1921)?
Dispute between Germany and Poland, a plebiscite was held and they agreed on a partition
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What happened in Vilna (1921)?
Poland invaded Vilna, the League ordered Poland to withdraw and Poland refused
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What happened in Corfu (1923)?
Italy invaded Corfu, Mussolini ignored the League's orders to pull out, instead Greece was made to pay Italy
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What happened in Manchuria (1932)?
Japan conquered Manchuria, it took the League a year to send a commission (the Lytton Report), Japan left the League and they did nothing
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What happened in Abyssinia (1935)?
Italy invaded Abyssinia, League banned arms sales and offered part of Abyssinia to Italy, Italy invaded anyway, GB and France tried to make a secret pact to give Abyssinia to Italy
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What happened in the Rhineland (1936)?
Hitler ordered troops to invade, France took no action, the army met no opposition and were welcomed, GB said Hitler was reclaiming what was his and the League condemned this but took no action
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What happened in the Sudetan Crisis (1938)?
Germans bordering Sudetenland demanded a union with Germany, Czechs refused so Hitler threatened war, GB and France gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler during the Munich agreement
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