USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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Who had to pay for the Italian/Greek dispute in 1923?

(A) ** Greece

(B) Italy

(C) Albania

(D) The League

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -In August 1923 Italians forming part of an international boundary delegation were murdered on Greek soil, leading Benito Mussolini to order a naval bombardment of Corfu . After the Greeks appealed to the League of Nations, the Italians were ordered to evacuate but Greece was forced to pay Italy an indemnity.

Concept note-2: -The Greco-Italian War (Greek: , Ellinoïtalikós Pólemos), also called the Italo-Greek War, Italian Campaign in Greece, and the War of ‘40 in Greece, took place between the kingdoms of Italy and Greece from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941.

Concept note-3: -The Corfu dispute was a significant case study of failure for the League for the following reasons: ❖ The incident showed the League was powerless against a bigger country which threatened a smaller country. ❖ It proved the League could be ignored and overruled by other international groups.

Concept note-4: -In 1919 an agreement was reached whereby Italy would cede the Dodecanese to Greece with the exception of Rhodes, which was to have broad local autonomy.