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conflict and tension, timeline - Coggle Diagram

- - - - USA did not join as wanted to isolate itself
      - Soviet union not allowed as the use of communism
      - Germany not allowed to join - damaged relations
    - - No army
      - Sanctions inefficient if they don't follow
      - Mitigation (Countries talk about problems) - Moral Condemnation (Good telling off) - Economic Sanctions (Stop trade with them)
    - - Slow decision making - All countries had to agree
      - Vetos can block decisions(Important council members)
  - - - Helped 500,00 prisoners of war
      - Freed slaves in africa
      - Introduced min wage and working hours
    - - Upper Silesia 1921
        
        Poland and Germany divided without conflict
      - Aaland Islands 1921
        
        Sweden and Finland decide who get it, Finland does
      - Bulgaria 1925
        
        Greece invaded Bulgaria, league ordered to withdraw and they did
    - - Vilna 1920
        
        Poland take capital of lithuania. They did not stop military aggression
      - Corfu 1923
        
        Italy occupied Greek Islands. League ordered to leave but Italy refused
        
        League changed their mind and ordered Greece to pay Italy
      - Ruhr 1923
        
        France occupied Germany's factories/resources as Germany couldn't pay reperations
        
        League did nothing
        
        Germany ordered workers to go on strike and pay them by printing money - Hyperinflation
  - - - lacked power and there was no army
      - decision making was slow
        
        all council members had to agree
        
        = vito
      - moral condemnation was not effective
    - - as us was not in the league it made trade sanctions pointless as countries could still trade with the USA
  - - - Used Mukden(Destroying own railroad) as an excuse to invade
        
        Lord Lytton reported to say Japan is to blame.
        
        Japan left league as refused to accept the report (league did nothing)
        
        Revealed weakness in league
  - - - Abysinnia asks for help
        
        Economic sanction in place but gradually
        
        Did not close Suez Canal so Italy ships can still go theough
        
        Hoare-Laval Pact - Give Abyssinia secretly to Italy (France+Britain)
        
        Revealed real weakness in league and reputation ruined
- - - - caused widespread poverty
        
        mass discontent
        
        britain and france
        
        they were less willing to help the league as they had their own problems
        
        millions lost faith in their government wich led hitler into power
        
        huge unemployment germany had 6 million unemployed
      - buissnesses collapse ,people lost money