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The Failure of the League in the 1930's: (Reached decisions too slowly…
The Failure of the League in the 1930's:
Ineffective Sanctions
Abbsynia
they took over two months to decide on them and by then it was too late
Manchuria
They knew that sanction would be useless as the USA was Japan's main trade partner
Reached decisions too slowly
Abyssinia
couldn't agree on effective sanctions
This was mostly because decisions had to be unanimous countries acting their own interest could slow the League
Manchuria
the Lytton Commission took a year to come up with a response
Lack of armed forces
Abyssinia
Britain and France could've acted on behalf of the league by closing the Suez but both governments refused
Manchuria
The league couldn't have sent troops here anyway as it was impossible to reach
Britain and France were self-interested
Abyssinia
Britain: didn't agree to coal sanctions as 3000 workers would lose their jos
France: wanted to keep Italy as an ally against Hitler
Didn't close Suez canal in fear of starting an outright war
Manchuria
Britain: wanted to keep an ally against communist Russia and a trade partner
France: felt Manchuria was too far away to matter and focused on their own economic issues
Absent powers:
USA- diplomatic isoationism
Russia- forced isolationism
Abysinia
The League's sanction took a long time to establish as they had to consider wether America would cooperaate
The Great Depression
Some of the reasons Italy invaded Abyssinia were:
To distract their people from the high unemployment and the poor state of the industry
To gain Abyssinia's fertile lands and resources
Japan invaded Manchuria to increase their trading options after China and the USA raised tariffs against them
Threats to Weimar:
• Public elected Reichstag and president