Early Acts of Appeasement:
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Appeasement:
the Failure of the League of Nations:
-USA does not join
-Germany joins 1926- pulls out in 1933
-lack of enforcement (only economic sanctions)
-too closely linked with the Treaty of Versailles
-nationalism too strong (big guys don't want little guys to tell them what to do)
Japanese Occupation of Manchuria 1931:
-Japan owns South Manchurian railway
-military operation in 1931 claiming Manchuria
-1932- League's Lytton commission decides Japan to leave
-Japan quits the league- invades northern China, 1933
-league decides this conflict has no effect on Europe-igonres situation
-two men in Europe take notice
Italian Occupation in Abyssinia 1935:
-Italy had intereest in colony since 1895
-Mussolini wanted to expand his empire
-1934 aan indicent
The end of league of nations:
league does not respond- italy invades
-econimc sanctions throated by league
-Hoare-Laval plan
Germany Rearms-Mil
-1935 hitler ----- cinscrition in Germany
-France, Britian and Italy form the Stresa front to condemn Hitler's actions
-1935 Mussolini signs naval agreement with Hitler
the Failure of the League of Nations:
-USA does not join
-Germany joins 1926- pulls out in 1933
-lack of enforcement (only economic sanctions)
-too closely linked with the Treaty of Versailles
-nationalism too strong (big guys don't want little guys to tell them what to do)
Japanese Occupation of Manchuria 1931:
-Japan owns South Manchurian railway
-military operation in 1931 claiming Manchuria
-1932- League's Lytton commission decides Japan to leave
-Japan quits the league- invades northern China, 1933
-league decides this conflict has no effect on Europe-igonres situation
-two men in Europe take notice
Italian Occupation in Abyssinia 1935:
-Italy had intereest in colony since 1895
-Mussolini wanted to expand his empire
-1934 aan indicent
The end of league of nations:
league does not respond- italy invades
-econimc sanctions throated by league
-Hoare-Laval plan
Germany Rearms-Mil
-1935 hitler ----- cinscrition in Germany
-France, Britian and Italy form the Stresa front to condemn Hitler's actions
-1935 Mussolini signs naval agreement with Hitler
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Summary
In the hope that Hitler wouldn't do anything worse or expand into their countries the league of nations left Hitler alone, this however left him able to do what ever he pleased.
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"I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of theleague of nations as a tragic mistake."- Elliot Richardson
Subjunctive Question
Would WWII have still happened if the League of Nations was either successful or at least tried?