impact of great depression

• people lost jobs and turned to extremist parties like nazis who promised solutions
• extreme nationalism and militarism. parties built up their army and used aggression to succeed like the nazis
• extremists in power didn't care about the league or democracy
• reluctance to impose economic sanctions bc countries wanted to maintain trade
• countries under pressure to find new markets + materials, often through colonisation (e.g Manchuria)
• league members lacked money to spend on armaments to deal with aggressors