The League failed in Manchuria and Abyssinia because it WAS DUMB! Weak the League’s ‘powers’ were little more than going ‘tut-tut’. Sanctions did not work. It had no army. America the strongest nation in the world never joined; Britain and France were not strong enough to impose pace on their own Structure the League's organisation was muddled, so it took ages to do anything; members couldn’t agree, but decisions had to be unanimous - this paralysed the League Depression the world-wide Depression made countries try to get more land and power; they were worried about themselves, not about world peace Unsuccessful the more the League failed, the less people trusted it; in the end, everybody just ignored it Members the League’s main members let it down - Italy and Japan defied and left the League, France and Britain betrayed it Big bullies in the 1920s, the League had been quite successful with small, weak countries; in the 1930s, powerful countries like Germany, Italy and Japan defied the League - they were too strong for the League to stop them W A S D U M B

The League failed in Manchuria and Abyssinia because it WAS DUMB! Weak the League’s ‘powers’ were little more than going ‘tut-tut’. Sanctions did not work. It had no army. America the strongest nation in the world never joined; Britain and France were not strong enough to impose pace on their own Structure the League's organisation was muddled, so it took ages to do anything; members couldn’t agree, but decisions had to be unanimous - this paralysed the League Depression the world-wide Depression made countries try to get more land and power; they were worried about themselves, not about world peace Unsuccessful the more the League failed, the less people trusted it; in the end, everybody just ignored it Members the League’s main members let it down - Italy and Japan defied and left the League, France and Britain betrayed it Big bullies in the 1920s, the League had been quite successful with small, weak countries; in the 1930s, powerful countries like Germany, Italy and Japan defied the League - they were too strong for the League to stop them W A S D U M B WHICH ONES LINK TOGETHER?

The League failed in Manchuria and Abyssinia because it WAS DUMB! Weak the League’s ‘powers’ were little more than going ‘tut-tut’. Sanctions did not work. It had no army. America the strongest nation in the world never joined; Britain and France were not strong enough to impose pace on their own Structure the League's organisation was muddled, so it took ages to do anything; members couldn’t agree, but decisions had to be unanimous - this paralysed the League Depression the world-wide Depression made countries try to get more land and power; they were worried about themselves, not about world peace Unsuccessful the more the League failed, the less people trusted it; in the end, everybody just ignored it Members the League’s main members let it down - Italy and Japan defied and left the League, France and Britain betrayed it Big bullies in the 1920s, the League had been quite successful with small, weak countries; in the 1930s, powerful countries like Germany, Italy and Japan defied the League - they were too strong for the League to stop them W A S D U M B How far was the failure of the League of Nations due to the fact that the USA did not become a member?

The League failed in Manchuria and Abyssinia because it WAS DUMB! Weak the League’s ‘powers’ were little more than going ‘tut-tut’. Sanctions did not work. It had no army. America the strongest nation in the world never joined; Britain and France were not strong enough to impose pace on their own Structure the League's organisation was muddled, so it took ages to do anything; members couldn’t agree, but decisions had to be unanimous - this paralysed the League Depression the world-wide Depression made countries try to get more land and power; they were worried about themselves, not about world peace Unsuccessful the more the League failed, the less people trusted it; in the end, everybody just ignored it Members the League’s main members let it down - Italy and Japan defied and left the League, France and Britain betrayed it Big bullies in the 1920s, the League had been quite successful with small, weak countries; in the 1930s, powerful countries like Germany, Italy and Japan defied the League - they were too strong for the League to stop them W A S D U M B How far did the failure of the World Disarmament Conference of 1932–4 lead directly to the failure of the League of Nations?

The League failed in Manchuria and Abyssinia because it WAS DUMB! Weak the League’s ‘powers’ were little more than going ‘tut-tut’. Sanctions did not work. It had no army. America the strongest nation in the world never joined; Britain and France were not strong enough to impose pace on their own Structure the League's organisation was muddled, so it took ages to do anything; members couldn’t agree, but decisions had to be unanimous - this paralysed the League Depression the world-wide Depression made countries try to get more land and power; they were worried about themselves, not about world peace Unsuccessful the more the League failed, the less people trusted it; in the end, everybody just ignored it Members the League’s main members let it down - Italy and Japan defied and left the League, France and Britain betrayed it Big bullies in the 1920s, the League had been quite successful with small, weak countries; in the 1930s, powerful countries like Germany, Italy and Japan defied the League - they were too strong for the League to stop them W A S D U M B “Mussolini and Italy were the main culprits in the failure of the League of Nations.” How far would you agree with this view? Explain your answer.

I’m different! Why? How would you answer me? “The League of Nations failed to preserve world peace but it was far from a total failure.” How far would you agree with this view? Explain your answer. (10) I’m different! Why? How would you answer me? This is asking you about successes and failures of the League! Another way to say this questions would be: Do you think the League was a complete failure? Intro: AIMS PARA 1: FAILURE IN PEACE KEEPING! PARA 2: OTHER SUCCESSES – OTHER AIMS CONCLUSION: COMPARE WEIGHT OF SUCCESSES AND FAILURES