Suppose Japan faced serious and enforced sanctions after the invasion of Manchuria and for Italy's invasion of Abysinia.
Would that have prevented other aggessions?
Would that have prevented other aggessions?
Suppose Japan faced serious and enforced sanctions after the invasion of Manchuria and for Italy's invasion of Abysinia.
Would that have prevented other aggessions?
I have read few descriptions of the treaty more apt and concise than this.(..)the Versailles treaty as flawed and unfair. Had the French government been willing to renegotiate a few points, thrown the German government a few scraps of dignity, and otherwise not made a effort to enforce the letter of the treaty things might have developed differently.
If Japan actually faced earlier sanctions, then the League might have been able to prevent the Second Sino-Japanese War from happening in 1937 but there's always the possibility that the Japanese will embrace Nanshin-ron earlier. It will probably go after China in the future but the Chinese will be ready after CKS takes the time to hurriedly modernize the NRA and build up the necessary industries to tackle any Japanese invasion. Regarding the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, the Ethiopians might be able to "win" (status quo ante bellum) if the Italians are lacking in certain resources such as oil to prosecute the war effort and they could be pushed back into their colonies. Combine that with the League closing the Suez Canal to Italian shipping and the Ethiopians might be able to push into Italian Eritrea or Somaliland, especially if Haile Selassie decides to pursue a different strategy than IOTL.Suppose Japan faced serious and enforced sanctions after the invasion of Manchuria and for Italy's invasion of Abysinia.
Would that have prevented other aggessions?