THE LEAGUE

SEMI SUCCESSFUL AND WHYYYYYYYY IT FAILED. dont spend too much time on 'geneva or corfu' and not every single 16 points. SHOULD TALK ABOUT KEY BIG REASONS WHY IT FAILED: ABYSSINIA MANCHURIA THE FACT THAT THE AMERICANS WERE ISOLATIONISTS AND NEVER JOINED AND THAT COUNTRIES CAME AND WENT - unanimous voting procedure - USA never joining - coming and going of major powers - manchuria criss, Abyssinia - buildup of nazi germany (allowing them to rearm and take over demilitarized zone) and ULTIMATE EXAMPLE OF FAILURE: the break out of WORLD WAR - why was it important that they did not react strongly to manchuria and only half heartedly to Abyssinia and both italy and japan got away with what they wanted and - why is it important that Hitler defied the terms of the treaty which the league was supposed to oversee - why was it important that US did not join ------ WHY did they get into that mess, WHY did the league fail I. Question simply on the failure of the league: THEN YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED THE FOLLOWING: - outbreak of WWII and Nazi Germany - rearmament of Germany (building up to the WWI like), demilitarized zone, Anscluss, Sudetenland, All of Czech, and TIE THIS INTO POLAND THE OUTBREAK OF WWII. - blitzkrieg - Spanish Civil War - Failure of collective security in two big cases: - abyssinia - manchuria - problems with membership - countries coming and going - US never joining - concerned about the nazis, wanting to keep Italy as an ally (did i hear that right?), the depression and its impact. It was hard for french govt to make hard decision of the average lifespan of govt was 2 years (or 2 1/2 or something) Germany withdraws the league, so now what do you do? You have treaty of versailles, but you let them get away with it. then you let them get away with rearmament (when hitler starts rearming) because the only way to stop them was to go in forcibly and no one wanted to do that

in 1935 (depression, not being prepared) although the FRENCH army was actually very powerful but PSYCHOLOGICALLY she was so damaged from WWI and so fearful of the germans and so convinced now that the germans would always win that she didnt want to take it on. IF she DID take on support, she needed Englands support and at this point England did NOT want to. *** FOR THIS FAILURE ESSAY, MS.BAIN WANTS TO KNOW THE DATES OF MAJOR COUNTRIES COMING AND GOING. ALSO SAY THAT THE US NEVER JOINED. AND but WHY WAS IT SIGNIFICANT? - the fact that france was a mess at home = why the league didnt work was not true. (stephen brought this up)

II. TO DISCUSS the SUCCESSES OF THE LEAGUE, 1920-1925 - LOOK AT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS BESIDES JUS +T PEACEKEEPING : the health, refugee, etc. Go on internet and find more examples.

BUT YOU MUST DISCUSS REASONS - WHY IS WAS SO PROBLEMATIC - AS WELL A S EXAMPLES. with spain, they felt they were hindered because they could not get involved in the internal issues. but, if they were allowed, would it really be an internal issue

**** FOOD FOR THOUGHT: IF COUNTRIES WERE NOT EQUIPPED AND COUlDNT GO IN AND FIGHT, What could they do?

failures successes the organization/STRUCTURE of the league (anon voting, etc etc then think about WHY those examples are key (e.g. start of WWII. etc.)