WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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China’s invasion of Japan
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The Abyssinian Crisis
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China’s invasion of Manchuria
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The Italian Crisis
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Detailed explanation-1: -Italy invaded Abyssinia in 1935. Although the League officially condemned the Italians, France and Britain were caught making a secret agreement to give Abyssinia to Italy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The League’s unwillingness to impose an oil sanction and its evident failure to prevent Italy’s conquest of Abyssinia discredited the League and its collective security provisions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Outcome: The League banned weapons sales, and put sanctions on rubber and metal. The Abyssinian Emperor Haile Selassie went to the League to appeal for help, but it did nothing else – in fact Britain and France secretly agreed to give Abyssinia to Italy (the Hoare-Laval Pact). The League had failed.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did the League of Nations fail? There had to be unanimity for decisions that were taken. Unanimity made it really hard for the League to do anything. The League suffered big time from the absence of major powers-Germany, Japan, Italy ultimately left-and the lack of U.S. participation.
Detailed explanation-5: -Some historians believe that the Abyssinian crisis destroyed the credibility of the League of Nations. It was the British and French foreign ministers, Hoare and Laval, who secretly planned to carve up Abyssinia and give a chunk of the country to Mussolini. Hoare and Laval lost their jobs because of this idea.