Contents:

1.  Aims

2.  Strengths and Weaknesses

3.  The 1920s

4.  Manchuria

5.  Abyssinia

6.  Why the League failed

7.  Interpretations 

8.  League of Nations Cascade 

9.  Self-test

How to study this topic:

1.    Start by reading some easy sources – start by watching the Make Germany Pay video, then read Peter Moss, or the ‘Basics ’ sheet in the ‘Going Deeper’ panel on this page.  Get a grasp of the basic story.

       Make a list of key dates - leave space to add other dates you may discover during your studies. 

        It might be a good idea to do this before you start to study this topic in class.

2.    Work through the study sections 1-5 above on the Aims, Strengths and Weaknesses, The 1920s, Manchuria, Abyssinia and Why the League failed; you can do this over time as you study the topic in lessons.

        Take advantage of some of the links to explore, more deeply, aspects of the topics which attract your interest.  Try to become ‘an expert’ on some issues.

3.    Visit the historiography to learn how historians have interpreted events, and to consider what YOU think about what happend.

4.    Plunder the Cascade webpage to help you write any essays you are given.

5.    When it comes to the exam, the Cascade webpage and the Self-test will be useful as revision tools, along with other exercises in the Revision section of this website.