Zusammenfassung der Ressource
League of Nations
- No Major Powers
- NO US
- wealthiest
nation in the
world
- only nation to emerge from
war stronger
- NO SOVIET
UNION
- thought league was
conspiracy to
destroy them
- NO GERMANY
- Didn't want to
follow league's
rules
- BRITISH vs FRANCE
- France wanted to surppress German Aggression
- Britain wanted to use conciliatory methods to ease tension
- PURPOSE
- resolve disputes with
nations to preserve
peace
- SUCCESSES
- Aaland
Islands
- Upper
Silesia
- Greco-Bulgarian
War
- in all cases antagonists were
small and incapable of much
damage
- FAILURES
- Seizure of Flume
- Italy invaded areas of
Croatia with lots of Italians
- Vilna
- Poland
invaded and
took it
- Russo-Polish War
- Soviets invade
Poland, Poland
wins without help
- Corfu Incident
- italian general and 3
others murdered in corfu
- Italy demanded retribution but
Greece never found murderers
- Italy invaded to take over
- Greece appealed to the League but they couldn't stop Italy
- Italy eventually left (for money)
- In all cases, a major power
refused to comply with the
League of Nations
- GREECE TURKISH WAR
- Allies promised greece the western anatolian peninsula
- Turkish Leader (Mustapha Kemal) drove Greeks from area and
persuaded GB to agree to new treaty
- Soviets helped turkey and gave them money
and supplies
- Greeks held their ground
- Greek sought help from LoN
- France dropped their support and GB waned leaving Greeks exposed
- Turkey ends up winning
- in other disputes France and England ended up supporting either one side or the other
- Why no one supported League of Nations
- Depression