WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In response to Ethiopian appeals, the League of Nations condemned the Italian invasion in 1935 and voted to impose economic sanctions on the aggressor. The sanctions remained ineffective because of general lack of support.

Detailed explanation-2: -The League of Nations ruled against Italy and voted for economic sanctions, but they were never fully applied. Italy ignored the sanctions, quit the League, made special deals with the United Kingdom and France and ultimately annexed and occupied Abyssinia after it had won the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

Detailed explanation-3: -Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia in 1935 caused a crisis for the League of Nations. League members imposed limited sanctions against Italy and debated at length the imposition of an embargo on oil shipments to Italy, which came to stand as a symbol of the League’s determination to punish the Italian aggressor.

Detailed explanation-4: -This was because they feared that the Americans who were no longer part of the League wouldn’t support the sanctions and that their own economic interests would be damaged. Because this, the Italian army took over Abyssinia with little trouble. This was a devastating failure for the League.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why did the League’s economic sanctions fail in the Abyssinian Crisis? The League’s economic sanctions against Italy were ineffective because the trade of some key goods could not be prevented. ❖ Britain didn’t want to sanction its coal exports to Italy as this might cause unemployment for British miners.