Recap 1.What year was the League of Nations set up? 2.Why was it set up? 3.Whose idea was it? 4.Which three countries were famously not involved in setting up? 5.Name the 6 different departments of the League of Nations.

The League of Nations in Action Learning Objective: To examine the work the League of Nations did up until 1928 and assess its effectiveness

Settling Disputes 1.Vilna, Upper Silesia, Aaland Islands, Corfu, Bulgaria, 1925 The main reason why the League of Nations was set up in 1919 was to keep the peace and prevent another war from breaking out. As a result, throughout the 1920s the LON was involved in settling disputes between countries all over Europe.

League of Nations – A Success? Explain whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: -The LON settled all the political problems well in the 1920s. -The best work the LON did in the 1920s was through its commissions. -The LON was pointless and should never have been set up.

The Conference of Ambassadors 1. The peace treaties created new countries and changed borders of others 2. Putting dotted line on a map was easier than working out where the boundaries lay on the ground 3. There were disputes and the League had to sort it out but it had too much to do. Therefore the Conference of Ambassadors was set up to hear disputes 4. It was NOT a body of the League of Nations but was made up of leading politicians from the main members of the League – Britain, France & Italy 5. It was closely linked to the League

The Geneva Protocol 1. The Corfu incident demonstrated how the League can be undermined by its own members 2. Britain and France drew up the Geneva Protocol in Protocol: if two members were in dispute, they would have to ask the League to sort out the disagreement & they would have to accept the Council’s decision 3. They hoped this would strengthen the League 4. Before the protocol came into effect, there was a change of government in Britain and they refused to sign it as the protocol could force Britain to agree to something that was not in its interests 5. Therefore the Protocol resulted in weakening the League

League of Nations – A Success? What mark out of 10 would you give the League of Nations for its work up until 1928? 1 being useless v 10 being outstanding Explain your answer.