What was the significance of Manchuria?

  • Japan was a permanent member of the League’s Council

  • It showed that Britain and France were struggling to maintain their status as world powers

  • It showed that without America, the ability for the League to act effectively was very limited

  • It showed that Soviet membership would also strengthen the League

  • The League was slow to act when attempting to resolve an issue so far away (it was a different world than the one we live in today)

  • Mussolini and Hitler took note of the League’s inability to act as well as the weakness of Britain and France

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