| A | B |
|---|
| League of Nations | Collective security |
| Based in | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Originally 42 members | 58 |
| 5 permanent members | GB, France, Italy, Japan |
| The country that refused to join | USA |
| Countries that were originally excluded | USSR, Germany |
| Sanctions available | Moral, economic, military |
| Issue with military sanction | No army |
| Issue with trade sanction | Not all countries were part of the League |
| September 1931 Japan invades | Machuria |
| Lytton Report | response to Manchuria 1 year to write |
| Japan lacked | coal and iron resources |
| Railway explosion blames on | Chinese = excuse for Japan to invade |
| Puppet emperor | Henri Pu Yi |
| Manchuria renamed | Manchukuo |
| The League formally condemned Japan | who then left the LoN and invaded Jehol |
| LoN powerless because | permanent member had committed an act of aggression |
| Trade sanctions were useless because | USA main trading partner of Japan |
| GB had | vested interests in Far East with trade |
