Early acts of Appeasement
- L.O.N. - no USA
- Germany joined league in 1926 but left in 1933
- Lack of enforcement (only economic sanctions)
- Too closely linked with the Treaty of Versailles
- Nationalism was too strong (big guys don't want little guys to tell them what to do)
- Japan owns South Manchurian railway
- Military operation in 1931 claiming Manchuria in China
- 1932 - League's Lytton commission decides Japan has to leave
- Japan quits L.O.N. and invades northern China in 1933
- League decides this conflict has no effect on Europe
- Italy had interest in colonizing since 1895
- Mussolini wanted to expand his empire (Imperialism)
- in 1934 an incident is set up where Italians are killed
- Ethiopia appealed to the league
- The league doesn't respond to Italy
- Economic sanctions threatened by league
- Hoare-Laval plan gives most of Ethiopia to Italy and fighting ceased
- 1935 Hitler introduces conscription
- France, Britain and Italy form the Stresa front to condemn Hitler's actions
- 1935 Mussolini signs naval agreement with Hitler
- March 1936 Hitler re-militarized the Rhineland (Locarno pact is broken)
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"War is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace." -Mussolini
What id the league had stood up to these powers at the time of these events? Would they have continued to act so recklessly? Would the world still have spiraled into war?
What id the league had stood up to these powers at the time of these events? Would they have continued to act so recklessly? Would the world still have spiraled into war?