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first event of the abyssinian crisis |
december 1934- skirmish at wal wal at an italian fort inside abyssinia. |
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second event of the abyssinian crisis |
april 1935- stressa front between britain, france and italy |
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third event of the abyssinian crisis |
october 1935- invasion of abyssinia 1)haile sallasie appeals to the league 2) league places sanctions on gold and textiles 3) didn't place sanctions on oil because they thought america would just give it to them 4) british didn't want to provoke italian fleet and didn't want to lose their naval bases in gibralta and malta. 5) they overestimated italian naval strength and for that reason, they didn't close the suez canal |
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fourth event of the abyssinian crisis |
december 1935- british foreign secretary hoare and french pm sign the hoare laval pact gives italy abyssinia, apart from the "corridor for camels" at the assab port |
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first event of the manchurian crisis |
september 1931- manchurian railroad blown up |
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second event of the manchurian crisis |
february 1932- manchuria is conquered by the japanese |
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third event of the manchurian crisis |
october 1932- lord lytton files a report condemning the japanese |
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fourth event of the manchurian crisis |
march 1933- japan outvoted 42 - 1 japan accuses the west of hypocrisy and leaves the league |
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fifth event of the manchurian crisis |
novemeber 1937- shanghai falls to japan |
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sixth event of the manchurian crisis |
december 1937- nanjing falls to japan |
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vilna |
1920- polish army marches into a mostly polish city of vilna, lithuania. League does nothing. France wants to keep poland as an ally against germany. |
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aaland islands |
1921- island was traditionally owned by the fins, but its population wanted to be governed by the swedes. the league said it would remain finnish but no weapons should be kept there.
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upper silesia |
1921- treaty of versaille gave upper silesia a referendum. 700,000 voted germany 500,000 voted poland. because of how close the results were, there were riots. the league was called in and decided to give the industrial areas (2/3 of upper silesia) to germany. the rural areas were given to poland.
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corfu |
1923- enrico tellini, an italian general is ambushed in greece. italians blame greek. league tells italy to back off. italians back off, but grece is fined. |
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bulgaria |
1925- greece invade bulgaria due to her general and 2 soldiers being murdered. greece is told to back off and is fined £45,000. |
