Japan

• Manchuria 


  -Japan has links with Manchuria -Japan wanted to settle old scores with Manchuria

  -army generals thought that it would be a good idea

  -Manchuria has fertile lands, railways

  -economy in Japan was suffering
• Cause


  -japan's economy suffers after the great depression

  -Manchuria was ideal as it was close and they had a a railway system and an army. Manchuria also had a weak leader

  -Japan wanted a strong leader to make Japan great again
• Event 


  -18th September 1931 there was an explosion on the Japanese side of the Manchurian railway. Japanese claimed they had been attacked and sent their army in

  -Japanese successfully took over Manchuria. They put in a puppet government (pu yi) They could control, victory for japan
• Short term consequences 


  -league sent in lord lytton to assess the situation after. ayear her finally produced a report saying japan was wrong for what they did

  -japan was ordered to leavd (feb 1933) but japan ignored these orders and left the lon

  -Japan continued to invade China in 1937
• Long term consequences 


  -weakening of the lon as it demonstrated the League's inability to enforce peace

  -shift in regional power signaled a decline in European influence in Asia and Japan as a dominant power

  -precedent for aggression encouraged others aggressive actions contributing to the start off ww2

  erosion of international agreements- reduced trust in international treaties and collective security