The Paris Peace Conferences
The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allied victors shortly after the end of World War 1 to set the peace terms for the defeated Central powers following the armistices of 1918. It took place in Paris in 1919 and innclucded diplomats from more than 32 different countries and nationalities. They met, discussed various options and developed a series of treaties for the post-war world. These treaties reshaped Europe's map with new borders and countries, the most contentious results included a punitive peace treaty that declared Germany guilty, weakened its military, and required it to pay all the costs of the war to the winners. The Conference had several effects with short and long term. In the short term, it negotiated the Treaties that would govern the peace after the First World War; these treaties were with Weimar Republic of Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, and theOttoman Empire. In the medium term, it created the League of Nations. In the long term, it solved little or none of the problems that had caused the first war, severely damaged the economies of the losing sides and eventually precipitated World War II.
League of Nations
After the end of World War 1 there was an organization formed called the League of Nations, it had one task and it was very simple; prevent the out break of another World War. Many were horrified by the toll of deaths that World War 1 caused, so to prevent more loss; created an international body whose sole purpose was to maintain world peace and would sort out international disputes as and when they occurred. At a social level the League did have some success but, most of this is easily forgotten with its failure at a political level. The importance of the League of Nations is, even though in a general sense it would be considered a failure; but it caused the uprasing of the new internation peace keepers the United Nations. Many of the personel that works for the United Nations now, grew out of what was established by the League.
Invasion of Manchuria
In the 1930s, the Japanese was in control of the Manchurian railway. In September 1931, they claimed that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and began attacking the Chinese army. By February 1932, the Japanese had taken control of the whole of Manchuria. Thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. China appealed to the League of Nations though; the League sent a delegation to Manchuria to see what was going down. When it reported back a year later, the league of nations said the Japanese were completely in the wrong and that Manchuria should be returned to China. At a Special Assembly of the League in February 1933, 40 nations voted that Japan should have to withdraw. Only Japan voted against it. But, instead of pulling out of Manchuria, Japan walked out of the League. In 1933, Japan invaded China.
Invasion of Ethiopia
October 3rd 1935, the leader of the Fascist Italy ,Benito Mussolini; ordered his troops to invade Ethipodia:Because Mussolini desired a Second Roman Empire and Ethiopia had defeated Italy years earlier so retribution was in mind. The Emperor of Ethiopia,appealled to the League of Nations for assistance to stop the Italian aggression. Canada, Britan and Frence decided to refuse to support military intervention to defends Ethiopian security.As a result, no action was taken to prevent the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, and the League of Nations clearly demonstrated that it couldn't provide collective security for its members of states.
The Ruhr Occupation
1922, French and Belgium troops invaded the Ruhr; Germany’s most valuable industrial area. The troops took over the iron and steel factories, coal mines and railways.This action by the French and Belgium broke the rules of the League of Nations which both of them were a part of. France was even considered one of the League's most powerful members and here they were violating its own code of conduct.