League Of Nations Flashcards
Name the four aims of the LoN?
Collective security
Encourage disarmament
Improve living and working conditions
Tackle deadly diseases
How often did the lofn meet?
One per year
Who were the four permanent members of the Council?
Britain France Italy Japan
Name two of the Special Commission’s agencies.
Health organisation
International labour organisation
What were one of the LoN successes during the 1920s.
Greece invaded Bulgaria and lon forced Greece to withdraw and pay compensation
What were one of LoN failures during the 1920s?
Corfu crisis -
Mussolini invaded corfu the lon condemned Mussolini but he undermined them
This was bad as it showed the league could not enforce justice
What was the Locarno Treaty (1925)?
France and Germany agreed to work together peacefully
Germany accepted terms of the treaty
Explain what the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928) was.
65 countries including Germany and USA agreed war would not be used to solve disputes between them
Name another treaty/pact that was formed outside the LoN and its purpose.
Washington arms conference
Major countries like Britain, the USA ,Japan and France agreed the maximum size of their navies
What was the Mukden incident?
An explosion occurred on the Japanese-owned South Manchurian Railway.
Japan blamed China but the Chinese denied that they were involved.
Who invaded China in 1932?
Japan
What was the Lytton report?
The league sent a British politician (lord Lytton) to investigate he took nearly a year to write his report by which time Japan had invaded Manchuria it concluded that Japan was in the wrong
Explain three consequences of the LoN’s failure after the Manchurian crisis
One of the leagues own members ignored moral condemnation
Without an army of its own the league was powerless
Abyssinian crisis
The LoN lost credibility and ultimately lead to WW2
