things did not go smooth under the influence of the other Big Three. Britain and France agreed some of the points but with significant reservations. The 14 points failed to meet its original aim dealing with the world peace due to the selfishness of the leagues. What’s more‚ there were some limitations in the 14 Points. Under the National Self Determination principle‚ 4 old empires were gone and 8 new nation states were set up. However‚ they were too weak which caused the aggression of the nearby countries for the invasion
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The next big failure of the League of Nations was over disarmament. The League had not had any success in this area in the 1920s either‚ but at that stage‚ when the international climate was better‚ it had not seemed to matter as much. In the 1930s however‚ there was increased pressure for the League to do something about disarmament. The Germans had long been angry about the fact that they had been forced to disarm after the First World War while other nations had not done the same. Many countries
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Other Political leaders like Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo fought with Hitler. The League of Nations was another political contribution to World War 2. In theory the League of Nations was a good idea and did have some early successes‚ but it was a failure. During the 1920’s the world was in a deep depression which lead to economy falls‚ reduce trading‚ and rise of unemployment rate. The reasons why the League of Nations was a failure during World War II is because not all countries joined‚ it had
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PEACE TREATIES. a) What military restrictions did the Treaty of Versailles impose on Germany? [5] * No conscriptions * Prevented from forming a military alliance with Austria * 100‚000 men in the army and they had to be volunteers * No aircraft‚ submarines or armed vehicles * Only allowed 6 battleships * Rhineland became a DMZ b) Why did the Big Three disagree over how to treat Germany? [7] * They were three strong personalities that had different aims * All
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for Britain and France with Italy. Italy‚ seeing 3 years earlier‚ Japan invade Manchuria and not be stopped by the League of Nations and also being one of the permanent members of the league‚ was fairly confident their invasion would not be questioned. Britain and France took matters into their own hands instead of letting the league deal with it (questioning their faith in the league) and constructed the Hoare-Laval pact in December 1935‚ which was a proposal by British Foreign Secretary Samuel Hoare
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Wilson made‚ refers to Wilson’s desire to create a "League of Nations"‚ and he stated that "a general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike." It was agreed in the Treaty of Versailles that "the Covenant of the League of Nations promote international co-operation... peace and security.’" The League was established‚ but it did not have a large amount
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he claimed that it was actually Italian territory. He demanded an apology and he began preparing the Italian army for an invasion of Abyssinia. The Abyssinian emperor Haile Selassie appealed to the league for help. Phase 1 - January 1935 to October 1935Mussolini was supposedly negotiating with the league to settle the dispute‚ while at the same time he was shipping his army to Africa- he was preparing for a full scale invasion of Abyssinia. At the beginning Britain and France refused to handle the
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In 1918‚ Wilson drew up his Fourteen Points; he believed Article X‚ the League of Nations‚ was the most important. These points were incorporated in an international accord made at the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles offered numerous ways to create harmony. Nevertheless‚ the U.S. neither joined the League of Nations nor signed the treaty. It was not the influence of the opponent forces of the U.S.‚ conservative or liberal‚ that led to the absolute defeat of the Treaty
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Films can be a historian’s most effective teaching tool. Today’s population is more accustomed to visually based information rather than written documents because they find historical documents difficult to interpret. John E. O’ Connor‚ a history professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology‚ wrote "In the classroom it is particularly appropriate for history teachers‚ at least on occasion‚ to approach moving images as historical documents‚ reinforcing concepts of historical thinking while teaching
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