One of the first failures of the Leage was in Corfu, during the year of 1923. An Italian general named Tellini was murdered while he was doing some work with his team for the League in France. Mussolini, the Italian leader, was extremely angry with the Greek, who had no idea who killed the general. His revenge was invading the Greek island of Corfu. Frightened, the Greeks asked the League for some help.
Hitler got away with this because Britain had sympathy for Germany and in 1935 signed a naval agreement with them. France was angry that Germany was re-army but there was little they could do as most countries were doing the same, especially after the disappointment of the Disarmament conference.. The failure of the League of Nations in the 1930s also contributed towards the outbreak of war. It was powerless throughout the 1920s as it was more interested in trying to keep good relations with the other countries so it would have allies against Hitler if he ever attacked. The League also didn’t work because America didn’t join and it was the American President Woodrow Wilson who created it and it would never have worked unless all the nations were allowed to join.
It was often the cases of self interest that these two nations resorted too. In Manchuria, Britain and France were unwilling to send their armies nor fleets, in Abyssinia, they did not close the Suez Canal , which could have stopped Mussolini's invasion and they did not ban important war materials such as coal, oil and steel. The USSR was the only country powerful enough to send troops to force the aggressors into accepting the League's wishes, but they weren't in the League. Without the USA, the League was permanently weakened. Had the USA been in the league, Japan wouldn't have conquered Manchuria and Mussolini would have backed off Abyssinia.
His victories throughout the Italian Peninsula, such as Trebbia, Trasimene, and Cannae demonstrate his skill and wit. However, he failed to fulfill his oath of destroying Rome largely due to reasons beyond his control. Firstly, the Carthaginian government’s failure to support Hannibal crushed him when he needed help most. Secondly, his father’s poor legacy to Hannibal contributed in his loss. Lastly, the Roman Republic was simply greater than Carthage, and was largely the reason Hannibal lost the Second Punic War.
The expedition relied on the cooperation of the Ionian cities in Sicily, which was misjudged - even Rhegium, previously an ally, did not join the Athenians. The supply difficulties had a major impact with the defeat of the fleet in the Great Harbour partly due to the loss in efficiency over an extended time without a suitable port. While the expedition may have succeeded under the momentum of Alcibiades, the challenge of Sicily's combined cities was too ambitious when given time to prepare, especially given the tenuous nature of the peace with the Peloponnese. The defeat was largely due to an overreaching of Athenian
First and foremost, Wilson was incredibly unwilling to alter anything about the Treaty; he refused all compromise. There is some background to this as well – much of Congress was Republican or had recently switched to being Republican. Obviously, there is inevitable opposition as Wilson was a Democrat, and he refused to allow any Republicans to assist in writing the treaty. His strong stance on the necessity of the League of Nations went against the Monroe Doctrine, which declared a policy of isolationism that led the US into a period of prosperous economic success, and made congressmen very frustrated with him. Furthermore, Congress was disappointed in the fact that Wilson left some important things in order to compromise with the other countries.
Although in the no immediate repercussion came to the Athenians and the US, later they both faced rebellions. International laws were made to protect the weak and the ones unable to defend themselves from powerful conquerors. The Athenians and the US both violated
Djabir Yaya Professor Cindy Linden Legacy of Western Society 9/21/2012 Iliad Essay Homer uses some poetic devices to demonstrate that praising a hero can do nothing, but lead to excessive pride and result in violence. Although, sometime people do things that are above normal standard, but we do not need to glorify them since this lead to conflict in our society. There are many ways we tend to glorify individual; sometime we give them trophies while other time we just considered them as an outliers and heroes. Homer uses simile and metaphor to demonstrate the superiority of his main character Achilles to human being, but make it difficult for modern readers to understand his point. Homer uses metaphor with the purpose of showing his main character arrogance by
Note: (Dalton I only did controversy between japan and America) Richard chear Controversy of ww2 The Pearl Harbor wasn’t supported by Japan officials No. The higher Navy officials in Japan were against it. The Fleet commander, Yamamoto, threatened to resign unless given permission to launch that strike, and the Navy staff reluctantly permitted it. Yamamoto thought it would cost Japan some carriers, and further must have known that it would be sheer luck to catch American carriers, since these were seldom in port for long. There was no reason to believe that a war would open with such a strike.
None of the states in Italy agreed on anything about from one thing - getting Austria out of Lombardy and Venetia. One of the main reasons why the revolutions in 1848 and 1849 Italy failed was because of the Austrians. In January 1848, people in Milan refused to buy tobacco or play the lottery because this fed the Austrian assets. Austria then became angry about this so they killed some Italian citizens. In July 1947, Austria took Ferrara, a town in the Papal States.