Events
The League of Nations was
founded on the 10th of January by
Woodrow WilsonUpper Silesia was split between the
Germans and the Polish due to the rise of tension.
The League organised a plebiscite and it was a 60 40 split.
However, some people preferred one nation or
another so they split the nation accordinglyThe area of Memel was taken from
Germany after the treaty of Versailles.
However, it was not given to France
even though most of the residents there were Lithuanian.
The Lithuanian people
decided to rebel against this
but the League got involved and decided to make
Memel an autonomous unit within LithuaniaWoodrow Wilson died due to an illnessThe League sorted out a dispute between Sweden and Finland
over the control of the Aaland Islands.
The League looked into the matter more
closely and decided to give the island to FinlandIn Corfu an Italian General, Tellini was killed along with his team.
Musollini the Italian leader at the time believed the Greeks were behind it.
Musollini occupied the island of Corfu
and the Greeks appealed to the League who decided that the Greeks should pay compensation
and that Italy should leave.The Greek soldiers attempted to
invade Bulgaria after an incident on the border and Bulgaria asked the League for help.
The league put a stop to Greece's act and made them pay compensation.Germany made a permanent member of the council
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