LoN 1920s Flashcards
1
Q
Vilna
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1920 Failure Capital of Lithuania invaded by Poland Poland was ordered to withdraw but didn’t League did nothing
2
Q
Upper Silesia
A
1921 Success Industrial region between Germany and Poland— both countries wanted it B+F troops sent to keep order Plebiscite Divided along the voting lines Countries accepted
3
Q
Aaland Islands
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1921 Success Both Sweden and Finland wanted islands Asked league to settle dispute Decision made for Finland to own islands Accepted the decision
4
Q
Corfu crisis
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1923
Success/failure
Mussolini invaded Greek islands after Italian ambassadors murdered on Greek-Albanian border
He demanded compensation and occupied Corfu
Council condemned Italy -did nothing
Because Italy wouldn’t leave they ordered Greece to pay compensation—Mussolini got league to pay money directly to Italy rather than through league
Withdrew from Corfu
Mussolini can see that he has sway over leagues decisions
5
Q
Port of Mendel
A
1923
Lithuania allowed to seize the port of Mendel
Failure for league
No one stopped them
6
Q
Bulgaria
A
1925
Greece invaded Bulgaria
League forced Greece to leave Bulgaria and payed compensation
Success
