, 1931 The Failures in League’s the 1930s The Dispute: In the 1920s, the had been quite In the 1930s there was a world-wide successful. In the 1930s, it failed economic depression. tried tp terribly. overcome the depression by building up This spread looks at the League’s an empire. two main failures in the 1930s in – In 1932, the Japanese army Manchuria and . invaded , threw out the Chinese, and set up their own government there. By 1935, most countries did not think that the League could keep the peace. asked the League to help. When Hitler began to break the Treaty of Versailles in the 1930s, the What the League did: League was powerless to stop him (this is the next topic you will study). The League sent officials to study the problem (this took a year). The league failed, and the only way to stop Hitler was a Second World In February 1933 it ordered to leave . War. What happened: Source A refused to leave . Instead, left the League. A British cartoon of 1933 shows trampling all over Many countries had important the League, whilst powders her nose. Other cartoons made the same point. trading links with . The League could not agree on sanctions or even a ban on weapons sales. and did not want a war, so nothing was done. The Japanese stayed in . The League had failed. Tasks 1. Read the stories about Manchuria and . From the stories, can you work out WHY the League failed there? 2. Read Sources B–D. Did the the League? Abyssinian crisis ‘kill’ 3. Who gained most from the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises?
The League’s Failures in the 1930s In the 1920s, the had been quite successful. In the 1930s, it failed terribly. This spread looks at the League’s two main failures in the 1930s – in Manchuria and . By 1935, most countries did not think that the League could keep the peace. When Hitler began to break the Treaty of Versailles in the 1930s, the League was powerless to stop him (this is the next topic you will study). The league failed, and the only way to stop Hitler was a Second World War. Source A A British cartoon of 1933 shows trampling all over the League, whilst powders her nose. Other cartoons made the same point. Tasks 1. Read the stories about Manchuria and . From the stories, can you work out WHY the League failed there? 2. Read Sources B–D. Did the Abyssinian crisis ‘kill’ the League? 3. Who gained most from the Manchurian and Abyssinian crises? , 1931 The Dispute: In the 1930s there was a world-wide economic depression. tried tp overcome the depression by building up an empire. In 1932, the Japanese army invaded , threw out the Chinese, and set up their own government there. asked the League to help. What the League did: The League sent officials to study the problem (this took a year). In February 1933 it ordered to leave . What happened: refused to leave . Instead, left the League. Many countries had important trading links with . The League could not agree on sanctions or even a ban on weapons sales. and did not want a war, so nothing was done. The Japanese stayed in . The League had failed.