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The League of Nations was the world's first international attempt to establish a global body that would end war via the concept of collective defense. Any attack on one member would be construed as an attack on all, and all nations would fight the aggressor. Italy's 1935 attack on Ethiopia put that concept to the test. The League of Nations failed that test. The three most powerful nations in the League thought it best to appease Italian aggression in order to maintain the possibility of obtaining Italian support against the aggression of other nations. England and France wanted Italy on the Allied side to oppose Germany and the Soviet Union; the Soviet Union wanted a friendly Italy to oppose Germany and Japan.
The biggest irony was that Germany, which had withdrawn from the League of Nations in 1933, was the only country to send significant military support to Ethiopia. They did this not to further the goal of world peace, but because Italy opposed German Anschluss with Austria. Hitler hoped that a strong Ethiopian resistance would draw enough Italian forces away from the Austrian border that he could seize Austria via coup de main. But for naught: Mussolini personally underscored the next annual military exercises to safeguard Austrian independence.
The next biggest irony was that the global embargo and its aftermath pushed Italy into the German orbit, such that by 1938 Italy dropped its objection to the Anschluss, which enabled Germany to continue its march to war.
The code involves all member nations of the League of Nations, so it is large. I attached it as a .TXT file.
Game on and have fun!
The League of Nations was the world's first international attempt to establish a global body that would end war via the concept of collective defense. Any attack on one member would be construed as an attack on all, and all nations would fight the aggressor. Italy's 1935 attack on Ethiopia put that concept to the test. The League of Nations failed that test. The three most powerful nations in the League thought it best to appease Italian aggression in order to maintain the possibility of obtaining Italian support against the aggression of other nations. England and France wanted Italy on the Allied side to oppose Germany and the Soviet Union; the Soviet Union wanted a friendly Italy to oppose Germany and Japan.
The biggest irony was that Germany, which had withdrawn from the League of Nations in 1933, was the only country to send significant military support to Ethiopia. They did this not to further the goal of world peace, but because Italy opposed German Anschluss with Austria. Hitler hoped that a strong Ethiopian resistance would draw enough Italian forces away from the Austrian border that he could seize Austria via coup de main. But for naught: Mussolini personally underscored the next annual military exercises to safeguard Austrian independence.
The next biggest irony was that the global embargo and its aftermath pushed Italy into the German orbit, such that by 1938 Italy dropped its objection to the Anschluss, which enabled Germany to continue its march to war.
The code involves all member nations of the League of Nations, so it is large. I attached it as a .TXT file.
Game on and have fun!