Early Acts of Appeasement
The failures of the league of nations
- USA does not join
- Germany joins 1926 - pulls out in 1933
- Lack of enforcement (only economic sanctions)
- Too closely linked with the Treaty of Versailles
- Nationalism too strong (big guys don't want little guys to tell them what to do)
Japanese Occupation of Manchuria, 1931
- Japan owns south manchurian railway
- military operation in 1931 claiming manchuria (renamed manchukuo)
- 1932- League's Lytton commission decides Japan to leave
- Japan quits the leave- invades northern china 1932
Italian occupation of abyssinia (ethiopia) 1935
- Italy had interest in colony since 1985
- Musolinni wanted to expand his empire (imperialism)
- 1934 an incident is set up where Italians
The End of League of Nations
- League does not respond- Italy Invades
- Economic sanctions threatened by leave
- hoar laval plan gives most of ethiopia to italy if fighting stopped
- plan undermines the league
- people lose interest- Mussolini completes conquest
- signals end of the league (still exists until 1945)
Germany Rearms- Militarizes The Rhineland
- 1935 Hitler introduces conscription in germany
- france, britain, and italy form the stressa front to condemn hitlers actions
- 1935 Mussolini's sings naval agreement with Hitler remilitarizes the Rhineland (Breaking the Locarno Pact)
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Summary
The failure of the league of nations and operation manchuria began the early acts of appeasement