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MODERN WORLD HISTORY
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1900-1939
League of Nations
Failures in the 1930s
SIGNIFICANT FAILURES
1930s: world economic depression
- encouraged nations to be more aggressive towards each other
.: fascist dictatorships took power in Germany, Italy, Japan
~ intent on empire-building
.: defied the League (LON)
1. JAPAN
- conquered Manchuria in 1932
- left the LON when it supported China
2. ITALY
- invaded Abyssinia in 1935
- LON officially condemned the Italians, but France and Britain were caught making a secret agreement to give Abyssinia to Italy
3. GERMANY
- authority of the LON destroyed by the two crises
- powerless to stop Germany after 1935
1938: Sudeten crisis
- Britain and France were ignoring the LON, and tried appeasement instead
FAILURES TIMELINE
1. 1932-1933
- Japan attacks and conquers Manchuria
- LON objects, but unable to do anything
2. 1933
- Hitler announces that Germany is leaving the LON
3. 1935-1936
- Italy attacks and conquers Abyssinia
- LON objects, but unable to do anything
4. 1935
- Hitler renounces the Treaty of Versailles
- starts re-arming in defiance of the LON
5. 1936
- LON's Disarmament Conference fails
6. 1936
- German army re-occupies the Rhineland in defiance of the LON
7. 1937
- Italy leaves the LON
8. 1938
- Germany informs the LON that Germany and Austria are uniting, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles
9. 1938
- Munich Agreement: Britain and France ignore the LON and follow the policy of appeasement
.: give Hitler the Sudetenland
10. 1939
- fascists win the Spanish Civil War
.: Spain leaves the LON
11. 1939
- World War II
NB. Need to know about the events and the importance of the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises
The above information was taken from a BBC website: BBC - GCSE Bitesize, from the History Section
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1900-1939
League of Nations
Failures in the 1930s
SIGNIFICANT FAILURES
1930s: world economic depression
- encouraged nations to be more aggressive towards each other
.: fascist dictatorships took power in Germany, Italy, Japan
~ intent on empire-building
.: defied the League (LON)
1. JAPAN
- conquered Manchuria in 1932
- left the LON when it supported China
2. ITALY
- invaded Abyssinia in 1935
- LON officially condemned the Italians, but France and Britain were caught making a secret agreement to give Abyssinia to Italy
3. GERMANY
- authority of the LON destroyed by the two crises
- powerless to stop Germany after 1935
1938: Sudeten crisis
- Britain and France were ignoring the LON, and tried appeasement instead
FAILURES TIMELINE
1. 1932-1933
- Japan attacks and conquers Manchuria
- LON objects, but unable to do anything
2. 1933
- Hitler announces that Germany is leaving the LON
3. 1935-1936
- Italy attacks and conquers Abyssinia
- LON objects, but unable to do anything
4. 1935
- Hitler renounces the Treaty of Versailles
- starts re-arming in defiance of the LON
5. 1936
- LON's Disarmament Conference fails
6. 1936
- German army re-occupies the Rhineland in defiance of the LON
7. 1937
- Italy leaves the LON
8. 1938
- Germany informs the LON that Germany and Austria are uniting, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles
9. 1938
- Munich Agreement: Britain and France ignore the LON and follow the policy of appeasement
.: give Hitler the Sudetenland
10. 1939
- fascists win the Spanish Civil War
.: Spain leaves the LON
11. 1939
- World War II
NB. Need to know about the events and the importance of the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises
The above information was taken from a BBC website: BBC - GCSE Bitesize, from the History Section
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