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League of Nations - Compatibility Mode
League of Nations - Compatibility Mode
Collective Security
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Dealing with social issues such as the Weakest at dealing with issues that nations
improvement of living and working saw as a threat to their security
conditions worldwide (through ILO)
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Membership Mandates
USA was not a member The legal right to govern under the control of the
Germany, Austria and Hungary were not allowed to League
join (resented by Germany) Took over most of Germany’s former colonies
Constant shift of membership as joining and leaving Countries holding colonies in mandate had to
the League was very easy
help the colonies move to self-government as
Many countries left because the League opposed soon as possible
their actions or because it wasn’t doing much to
help However, even after 20 years, this was not
The League had very little control over its member
happening and many countries who had been in
states favor of the League turned against it
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Usual form of punishment for disobeying the League The Ruhr (1923) Upper Silesia (1921) Aaland Islands (1921)
Corfu (1923) Memel (1923) Albania (1923)
was the imposing of SANCTIONS (not allowing trade Vilna (1923) Greek-Bulgarian Border
to take place) Dispute (1925)
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Switzerland
Army was small and only big enough to defend their
neutrality
Poland
Need to defend their new country, especially from
Germany and Russia
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German Disarmament
Supervised by the League of Nations
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A housewife using
bundles of money to light
her stove
In 1923, it cost
200 Billion Marks to buy
a loaf of bread in
Germany…
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