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Awesome Stuff

Made Awesomeness

I made a table of the 63 countries that were part of the League of Nations

Austria Belgium Bolivia Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Cuba Czechoslovakia Denmark Ecuador Estonia Ethiopia Finland Greece Hungary Iran || Iraq Irish Free State Latvia Liberia Mexico Netherlands Nicaragua Norway Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal Rumania South Africa Thailand Turkey Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Yugoslavia ||
 * Albania

Found Awesomeness

This is a political cartoon that i found about the League of Nations. blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu This is a picture of Hitler, showing him to be a great and brave leader. []

Notes

Chapter 1-The 'New Era': Hopes for Peace in 1929

Locarno and the 'New Era' -wanted peace, because Germany and France were on bad terms -Locarno Treaties was a treaty where France, Belgium and Germany had to respects each other's borders -treaty was signed, peace was established

Friendship between nations -1929, it was as if the 'new era' had begun, world was peaceful -peace treaties were signed, such as Kellogg-Briand Pact, a agreement thought up by Foreign Ministers of US and France to not use violence/war -65 countries signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact and established peace -Eastern Pact, USSR and its neighbors

The League of Nations -10th year anniversary of League of Nations -Collective security is where a nation in the League of Nations attacked another and the under attack country would get support -Disarmament Commission, reducing army numbers to create better peace

The limitations of the League -US, USSR and 8 other nations did not join the League of Nations -Germany somewhat disliked the League of Nations -the League's abilities were not tested up to 1929

Chapter 2-The Great Depression

The Great Depression -1929-1933 -October 1929 share prices on the Wall Street stock exchange in New York fell, thousands of American firms went bankrupt, mililons of share-holders ruined -it spread to other countries, trade, profits, factories, business, jobs ruined -protectionism was formed, kept out foreign goods to boost the country's demand for goods -in long-term, this policy harmed international relations -social unrest was caused by unemployment -there was poverty and democratic governments fell to anti-democratic ones in Germany and Japan

The problem of empires -division between large empires and those which were not was caused by the Great Depression -Britain and France owned 1/3 of the world between them, built huge empires as a result of victory int he Great War -took over Germany's colonies as 'mandates' -Germany was angry for the lose of their empire -Britain and France had so much land that they needed insanely huge amounts of military to keep control from riots for independence, breaking the rules for peace

Chapter 3-Japan, Manchuria and the League, 1931-33

The attraction of Manchuria -Japan attacked Manchuria -1931, Japan owned most of Manchuria and had large army in Southern Manchuria -Japanese officers thought of taking over land to resolve the Depression -Japan owned Railway company and Kwantung army

Japan invades Manchuria -Officers of Kwantung army took over military against Japan government orders -blew up railway at Shenyang and blamed it on locals, taking over the railways themselves -acting against League of Nations and their own government, they took over Manchuria and called it Manchukuo

The League and Manchuria -the League could not use sanctions on Japan because of their already damaged economy -the League decided to persuade -the League of nation failed in trying to satisfy China and Japan -fell apart

Chapter 4-The Revival of Germany, 1933-35

Hitler's foreign policy aims -Adolf Hitler becomes Germany's Chancellor in 1933 -Enraged when signing Treaty of Versailles -felt it unfair and harsh -Hitler's three aims, tear up Treaty of Versailles, unite all German-speaking people in one country and give Germans 'lebensraum'/'living space' -he needed space and wanted it by conquering Europe

Re-armament -Hitler had to achieve enough forces by defying the Treaty of Versailles -ordered increasing of armed forces, building of aircraft and training pilots -withdrew from Disarmament Conference and League of Nations -air force had 2500 aircraft by 1935 -army had 300,000 men -he publicly announced all men were to be soldiers, to make an army worth of 550,000 men

Reactions to German re-armament -the great nations of Treaty of Versailles were busy with their own problems and did not stop Germany's armaments -the French made the Maginot Line, which is heavily armed concrete forts built along French border with Germany -Stresa Front was formed which issued protest against Hitler's armaments but did nothing much

Summary It seems that the world was to establish peace, but everything clashes. Japan's army takes over Manchuria against its government's orders and the League of Nations fails to stop this, making their reputation low. Germany secretly builds up a huge army and it is clear, two of the greatest nations are not ready for international law and peace.

Questions How was Hitler elected? Why did the Japanese Officers disobey their government? Why did the League of Nations fail the way it did? What other causes did the Great Depression have?