Assess the impact of the Great Depression on international relations in Europe in the 1930s.

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  • Assess the impact of the Great Depression on international relations in Europe in the 1930s. 
    • The influence this exerted on foreign policy 
      • France
        •  The divisive effects of the depression on the politics of France  
      • Britain
        • Subsequent desire to avoid international entanglements
          • Britain’s policy of Appeasement 
            • Links to failure of the League of Nations
        • Struggled to deal with the effects of the depression domestically
    • League of Nations 1920
      • Desire to avoid confrontation by B & F led to the paralysis of the Nation as a peacekeeping body
      • Supported by: B Mussolini
        • "The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out"
      • One of Woodrow Wilson’s 14 points. 
        • He wanted to create a body that could settle international disputes through discussion rather than military action.
      • Supported by: David Lloyd George
        • "The League of Nations is the greatest humbug in history. They cannot even protect a little nation like Armenia. They do nothing but pass useless resolutions"
      • Supported by: Vilna 1920
        • 1. The Poles captured Vilna (the capital of Lithuania). Poland refused
        • 2. The League ordered Poland to withdraw, though Britain and France supported Poland.
        • 3. . The League could do nothing.
    • Agression
      • Japan
        • Capture of Manchuria
          • Main economic problem was the lack of sufficient raw materials.
          • September 18, 1931 - Mukden Incident, Lt. Suemori Kawamoto detonated a small quantity of dynamite
            • Close to a railway line owned by Japan's South Manchuria Railway near Mukden (now Shenyang).
        • Throughout late 1941 and early 1942, Japan invaded Southeast Asia, successfully capturing Hong Kong, British Malaya, and the Philippines.
      • Germany 
        • The rise of Hitler and his aggressive foreign policy ambitions
          • Supported by: Adolf Hitler
            • "Since we are not in the League of Nations...we do not devote our attention to reflecting on its internal reforms".

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