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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Why Did the League of Nations Fail in the 1930s?

Why did the confederacy of Nations fail in the 1930s? produce OF FAILURE MANCHURIAN CRISIS FAILURE OF DISARMAMENT ABYSSINIAN CRISIS The egotism-interest of leading membersThe confederacy depended on the firm support of Britain and France. During conflicts, they were non prepared to abandon their testify self-interest to support the League. Economic sanctions did not workLeague members would not impose them since they were disturbed that without America they would not work. When sanctions were imposed they were easily broken. Lack of troopsThe League had no armed forces and Britain and France were not willing to commit troops.Decisions were slowThe League met infrequently and overlyk too long to make conclusivenesss. The need for all members to agree on a course of action undermined the strength of the League. America and other definitive countries were absentGermany did not join until 1926 and left hand in 1933. The USSR did not join until 1934 whilst Japan left in 1933 an d Italy in 1937. The USA was never a member. The League whence lacked authority. The Treaties it had to uphold were seen as unfairThe League was supposed to uphold the peace treaties, still it became apparent that there were unfair.This undermined the league. When the league judged that Japan were wrong, instead of obeying and withdrawing from Manchuria, Japan say they intended to invade more of China and resign from the league proving they were self interested to obey the league. Sanctions would be meaningless without America. The league considered banning arm sales, nevertheless member countries disagreed. China and USA put up tariffs against Nipponese kids, this put Japan in an economic crisis. Japan had a genuinely powerful army.There was no prospect of Britain or France risking their navies or armies in a war with Japan. Only the USA or USSR would have the resources to remove the Japanese from Manchuria by force but they were not members of the league. When China appeal ed to the League, it took a full(a) year for officials of the League to report back from China and Japan what the impartiality was. (Lytton Report)Japan invaded Manchuria but still cute more. Britain was too scared to argue in case there was another war. If America would have been present, they couldve stopped Japan. Germany wanted all the countries to disarm to their level but the conference didnt agree, so Germany left the conference then the League. If America had been part of the League and disarmed it is roughly likely that other countries would have followed as America was such an important untaught and this would have been the same if any other important country had disarmed. Mussolini was humiliated from Abyssinia defeating him and wanted revenge. Britain and France signed the Hoare-Laval Pact agreeing to give Mussolini the best part of Italy.When this news reached the media there was an outcry. Sanctions would only work if imposed quickly but each week a decision was delayed. Sanctions were ineffective because they did not accommodate war materials such as oil. As Britain and France had a limited nub of troops, they could not/didnt want to help Abyssinia and let Mussolini invade the state. The League took too long deciding what to do about Mussolini, so he had time to bring his troops into Abyssinia and build armed forces. When a decision was finally decided, it was ignored.

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