Early acts of appeasement
•1932 – League’s Lytton commission decides Japan to leave
•Japan quits the league - invades northern China, 1933•Lack of enforcement (only economic sanctions)
•Too closely linked with the Treaty of Versailles
•Nationalism too strong (big guys don’t want little guys to tell them what to do)
•Mussolini wanted to expand his empire (Imperialism) •Ethiopia appealed to the league•League does not respond - Italy invades
•Economic sanctions threatened by League
•Japan quits the league - invades northern China, 1933•Lack of enforcement (only economic sanctions)
•Too closely linked with the Treaty of Versailles
•Nationalism too strong (big guys don’t want little guys to tell them what to do)
•Mussolini wanted to expand his empire (Imperialism) •Ethiopia appealed to the league•League does not respond - Italy invades
•Economic sanctions threatened by League
appeasement cartoon
Hitler walking over democratic leaders
Summary
Appeasemnt was what the world powers did when Japan took over Manchurian, its what they did when Mussolini took over, and Hitler took notice. Hitler knew that whatever he did there would not be big consequences.
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