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League of nations was formed
It was created on January 10, 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended World War I. Including the prevention of wars through collective security and disarmament also the resolution of international disputes through negotiation. -
Vina Conflict
Poland and Lithuania both regained their independence but there was disagreement about the frontiers between the countries.This agreement gave control of the city of Vilnius the old Lithuanian capital, to Lithuania which became the country's seat of government. This heightened tension between Lithuania and Poland led to fears that they would go to war, and on 7 October 1920 the League negotiated a short-lived armistice. -
First Meeting of the assembly
The first meeting of the Assembly took place on November 15, 1920, in the Salle de la Réformation in Geneva. -
Aland Islands Conflict
There was a problem with these islands because Russia and Finland wanted them. In June 1921, the League announced its decision: the islands would remain part of Finland, but with guaranteed protection of the islanders, including demilitarization. -
Up Silesia Conflict
Poland and Germany were fighting over this formerly Prussian territory. The League of Unions met and concluded that most of the area was given to Germany, but the Polish section held most of the region's mineral resources and much of the your industry. The problem was solved until the beginning of the second world war. -
Albania Conflict
The borders of the Principality of Albania were not established . Yugoslavia and Greece wanted these territories. Then the Italian General Enrico Tellini was assassinated while marking the newly decided border between Greece and Albania. Mussolini insisted that the Greek's did it. The Greeks said it was not proven. Mussolini attacked a Greek island Corfu.Finally they decided, to force Greece to pay fifty million lire to Italy. -
Memel Conflict
Memel was under the provisional control of the Entente according to him. The French and Polish governments were in favor of making Memel an international city, while Lithuania wanted to annex the area. In 1923 Lithuania invaded Memel. In December 1923, the League Council ceded Memel to Lithuania with autonomous rights. In 1939, Germany retook the region following the rise of the Nazis but Lithuania wanted Memel returned back. The conflict could not be stopped. -
Bulgaria Conflict
After an incident on the Greek-Bulgarian border in October 1925, fighting began between the two countries. Days after the initial incident, Greek troops invaded Bulgaria. The Bulgarian government ordered its troops to make only token resistance and evacuated between ten thousand and fifteen thousand people from the border region, relying on the League to settle the dispute. The League condemned the Greek invasion and called for both Greek withdrawal and compensation from Bulgaria. -
Mosul Conflict
The League settled a dispute between the Kingdom of Iraq and the Republic of Turkey over control of the former Ottoman province of Mosul in 1926. According to the British Mosul belonged to Iraq but Turkey claimed the province. A League of Nations Commission of Inquiry found that the people of Mosul did not want to be part of either Turkey or Iraq, but if they had to choose, they would choose Iraq. It was decided that Mosul would remain in Iraq and the British would rule for 25 years -
Germany joined the league
Under the Weimar Republic, Germany was admitted to the League of Nations through a resolution passed on 8 September 1926. -
Manchurria Conflict
Japan could put its troops in the area around the South Manchurian Railway, an important trade route. In September 1931, Japanese Kwantung Army officers and troops slightly damaged a section of the railway and invaded Manchuria. The League could have raised an army, but great powers like Britain and France had problems. The League of Nations declared Japan to be the culprit and demanded that Manchuria be returned to China. -
Japan abandoned the league
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Germany abandoned The League
This happened basically because Hitler wanted a lot of weapons and the league didn't give them to him. -
Abyssinia Conflict
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini sent 400,000 soldiers to invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia). The League of Nations condemned Italy's aggression and imposed economic sanctions. -
End of the League of nations
Despite some initial successes and being able to resolve several disputes, the League of Nations was unable to prevent World War II. This society could not allow another world war since its main objective was to avoid one so as of April 20, 1946, the League of Nations ceased to exist. The League transfered all its archives to the United Nations. Contract signed by W. Moderow, representative of the League, and Sean Lester, the last Secretary-General of the League of Nations.