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spidge · 17-09-2007, 03:00 AM

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria

From:http://wheremydogs.at/articles/2007/...n-of-manchuria

The walls of international law and order took the first heavy blow after the Peace of Versailles with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931).
Following the explosion of a bomb near Mukden, along a railway the Japanese had the right to protect, the Japanese made the Chinese responsible and invaded.
More significant to the breakdown of order than the actual invasion was the reaction of the League of Nations: no immediate action was taken. Instead, a commission (the “Lytton Commission”) was sent to investigate. On receiving of the “Lytton Report”, which condemned the Japanese invasion, Japan withdrew from the League of Nations (February 1933).
The consequences of the League’s unwillingness to act were far-reaching:

it marked the first breakdown of international law and order that the League of Nations was designed to upkeep
the position of the League of Nations as a peacekeeper was severely undermined – an aggressive power had successfully resisted the League
the idea of collective security was challenged as the major powers (Britain and France) were unwilling to act – this encouraged and convinced Mussolini and Hitler that their demands similarly would be tolerated.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,248 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	These are the steps that lead to the outbreak of World War II The Japanese invasion of Manchuria From:http://wheremydogs.at/articles/2007/...n-of-manchuria The walls of international law and order took the first heavy blow after the Peace of Versailles with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931). Following the explosion of a bomb near Mukden, along a railway the Japanese had the right to protect, the Japanese made the Chinese responsible and invaded. More significant to the breakdown of order than the actual invasion was the reaction of the League of Nations: no immediate action was taken. Instead, a commission (the “Lytton Commission”) was sent to investigate. On receiving of the “Lytton Report”, which condemned the Japanese invasion, Japan withdrew from the League of Nations (February 1933). The consequences of the League’s unwillingness to act were far-reaching: it marked the first breakdown of international law and order that the League of Nations was designed to upkeep the position of the League of Nations as a peacekeeper was severely undermined – an aggressive power had successfully resisted the League the idea of collective security was challenged as the major powers (Britain and France) were unwilling to act – this encouraged and convinced Mussolini and Hitler that their demands similarly would be tolerated. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm