league of nations

• The league of nations wanted to abolish slavery around the world
• League of nations helped free 200,000 British owned slaves
• They organised raids against slave owners and traders in Burma
• League of nations aim was to get everyone to disarm, and the league would solve disputes
• The league would protect one another if they were invaded
• If anyone was to break the terms then other countries had to promise to stop trading with them
• A problem the league had was that they had no standing army
• Problem- other countries had the right to veto decisions made by the UN
• problem- economic sanctions were not as effective as the founders assumed.
• problem- the USA were not a member
• problem- Germany and the USSR were not aloud to join until later on
• The League of Nations failed because it didnt have enough power, so when Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935 there was nothing the league could do about it.
• Vilna- Poland invaded Vilna, the league did not send any troops to help, Poland kept Vilna
• The treaty reparations were too much which led to hyperinflation
• The depression made people more focused on what was happening in their own countries that they became less interested in the league
• the league failed when it came to stopping Mussolini invading Abyssinia because they had no army, Britain and France were not united, the league cannot handle bigger countries and France were selfish
• Mussolini wanted to expand his empire and he saw Abyssinia as an easy target
• Main aims of the league- discourage aggression, encourage cooperation, encourage disarmament and improve living conditions
• Dawes plan- USA lent money to Germany to help it pay its reparations from the treaty of versailles
• failure- discourage aggression, they had no army
• failure- encourage disarmament, no one disarms fully
• success- improve living conditions, freed 200,000 slaves and collected statistics on health
• success- encourage cooperation, Dawes plan