Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The League After the Depression
- Faliures
- Manchuria 1931-33
- After the depression, Japan, who relied on exports to
the USA and China, was hit badly as both countries
struggled to keep their own businesses going
- Japan invaded Manchuria for recources
- Set up puppet government
- Ignores demands by civilian government to withdraw
- Army controlled foreign policy
- Also bombed Shanghai
- The League's Response
- Sent officials to investigate situation
- Decides Japan acted unlawfully
- Japan intends to invade more of China
- Report by officials approved 42-1
- Japan leaves league
- Invaded Jehal
- Problems
- Countries had important trading links with Japan
- Britain wanted to keep relationship
- No ban on arms sales
- Britain and France
would not risk armies
- Only countries with enough recourses,
USA and USSR were not members
- The League did nothing
- Hitler and Mussolini watched
on as the league failed
- Abyssinia
- Mussolini wanted African Empire
- Invaded Abyssinia
- Economic sanctions against Italy (except oil)
- Britain and France secretly give parts of Abyssinia
to Italy to retain ally in exchange for withdrawal
- Public outrage - plan abandoned
- Italy completes conquest
- Hitler notices weakness of league
- Remilitarises Rhineland
- Italy allies with Germany
- Leaves league in 1937
- Harre-Lavel Plan
- Why the league failed
- Britain and France only acted in accordance with their own interests
- USA absent
- No real power
- Long Term Results
- Countries lost faith in league
- Started to rearm
- Formed secret alliances
- How the depression affected the league
- Depended on economic sanctions
- Countries wanted to protect all trade
- Countries were too busy sorting out own problems
- Countries were more willing to fight to survive