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Did the actions in Corfu and Bulgaria add or take away from the League's reputation?

Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 02:49:23
Length: 2 pages (431 words)
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The main reasons for the creation of the League of Nations were to stop war, to improve the world, to disarm, and to enforce the Treaty of Versailles. And despite their failure later, the League did manage to stop several wars. In 1923, an Italian general was killed by Greek partisans while doing work for the League of Nations. Mussolini was angry and blamed the whole Greek nation. He invaded and occupied Corfu, so the Greeks …

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…attacked Fiume). This basically means that the League of Nations and the Covenant are just a piece of paper. Even though these countries signed it, they didn't follow it. This is probably the biggest reason for the low-reputation of the League, along with the fact that UK and France, the two most untrustworthy countries, were controlling. So, in deduction, The Corfu and Bulgaria-Greece events did increase the League's reputation, but they didn't increase it enough.

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