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LoN Failure - Corfu & Washington

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Invasion of Corfu, 1923

Mussolini invaded Corfu and killed 15 people in 1923 after the murder of Tellini; an Italian man sent by the League of Nations.

Tellini

Tellini

  • An Italian man, Tellini, was murdered in Greece after surveying the land at the request of the League of Nations.
  • Mussolini (the leader of Italy) was outraged at this and blamed the Greek government and demanded that anyone associated with the murder of Tellini be round up and shot!
Compensation

Compensation

  • He also demanded that he have compensation paid to him by the Greeks.
  • When the Greeks didn’t do this, Mussolini invaded Corfu and killed 15 people.
Invasion of Corfu

Invasion of Corfu

  • The Greeks complained to the League of Nations and asked them to get Mussolini out and to catch the killers of their people.
  • But, the League of Nations agreed that Mussolini (or Italy) should be paid compensation over the murder of Tellini.
Overriding the League of Nations

Overriding the League of Nations

  • However, Mussolini went further and got Britain, France, and Japan to agree to make Greece pay compensation and also formally apologise to Italy.
  • This showed Mussolini and other leaders that if they pushed hard enough they could get what they wanted, regardless of what the League of Nations said.

Washington Arms Conference

The Washington Arms Conference (1921–22) was held to discuss how big countries' navies should be. However, the League of Nations was not invited to participate in the conference.

The conference

The conference

  • Major countries such as the USA, Britain, Japan and France attended the Washington Arms Conference.
  • They discussed how big navies should be, without any input from the League of Nations.
Navy sizes

Navy sizes

  • The decision was that Britain and America could have the same size navy.
  • Then, for every 5 tonnes of each of their battleships weighed, Japan could have 3 tonnes.
Weakness of the League of Nations

Weakness of the League of Nations

  • This treaty didn’t even include the League, which undermined the League of Nation's rights to make rulings around military or naval matters.
  • It also showed that the USA could be involved in international affairs but only the affairs that they wanted to. The USA was not a member of the League of Nations.
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Conflict & Cooperation 1918-1939

1.1.1The Treaty of Versailles1.1.2The Terms of Versailles 11.1.3The Terms of Versailles 21.1.4Versailles & the League of Nations1.1.5LoN Successes & Failures1.1.6LoN Failure - Upper Silesia1.1.7LoN Failure - Corfu & Washington1.1.8End of Topic Test - Treaties and Agreements1.1.9The Great Depression1.1.10Tension in Europe in the 1930s1.1.11WWII & Failure of the League of Nations1.1.12End of Topic Test - Tension in the 1930s1.1.13Grade 9 - Conflict & Cooperation
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The Cold War 1945-c.1989

1.2.1Emerging US-Soviet Rivalry1.2.2Communism in the 20th Century1.2.3The Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan1.2.4East-West Alliances1.2.5Berlin Crises1.2.6The End of the Berlin Wall1.2.7End of Topic Test - East & West1.2.8Build-up to the Cuban Missile Crisis1.2.9The Cuban Missile Crisis1.2.10Cold War Conflict - Vietnam1.2.11Cold War Conflict - Afghanistan1.2.12End of Topic Test - The Cold War 1945-19891.2.13Grade 9 - The Cold War1.2.14Diagnostic Misconceptions - Russia vs USSR1.2.15Diagnostic Misconceptions - Stalin & the Atom Bomb1.2.16Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Iron Curtain1.2.17Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Truman Doctrine1.2.18Diagnostic Misconceptions - USSR vs Eastern Europe1.2.19Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Berlin Airlift1.2.20Diagnostic Misconceptions - The Berlin Wall1.2.21Diagnostic Misconceptions - Hungarian Uprising1.2.22Diagnostic Misconceptions - Stalin's Death1.2.23Diagnostic Misconceptions - Cuba1.2.24Diagnostic Misconceptions - Bay of Pigs
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From the End of the Cold War to 9/11

1.3.1Reagan & Gorbachev1.3.2Consequences of the Soviet War in Afghanistan1.3.3End of Topic Test - End of the Cold War to 9/111.3.4Grade 9 - The End of the Cold War1.3.5Diagnostic Misconceptions - Fall of the Wall
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Changing Interpretations

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Changing Interpretations

2.1.1Appeasement2.1.2The Responsibility for Cold War Tensions2.1.3End of Topic Test - Appeasement2.1.4Grade 9 - Changing Interpretations

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