Invasion of Abyssinia

  • The Leagvue plays for time

    a ballot was taken by the League of Nations Union in Britain
  • The League plays for time

    Shipping his vast army to Africa and whipping up war fever among the Italian people.
  • The League plays for time

    At an assembly of the League, the British Foreign Minister, Hoare, made a grand speech about the value of collective security, to the delight of the League's members and all the smaller nations.
  • The League plays for time

    The League of Nations signed an arrangement with Mussolini known as the Stresa pact which formalized a protest at German rearmament and a commitment to stand united agaisnt Germany.
  • The League plays for time

    The League put forward a plan that would give Mussolini some Abyssinia.
  • The League plays for time

    Mussolini rejected the plan.
  • sanctions or not?

    Mussolini's army was ready
  • sanctions or not?

    The League imposed an immediate ban on arms sales to Italy.
  • Sanctions or not?

    A committee was immediately set up to agree what sanctions to impose.