John Fredrick Parker
Donor
OTL, the League of Nation's response to the Italian invasion of Abyssinia was beyond pitiful -- not granting a loan to finance the resistance, or even agreeing to condemn the annexation. IIRC, a big part of the reason Britain and France were willing to go along with this relaxing was to try keep their diplomatic options for open for Mussolini against Hitler. (If I'm right, I think we all know how that turned out.)
Let's say though, that Britain, France, and Germany* all agree, whatever they may think of Abyssinia, that Mussolini's blatant aggression must be clearly condemned -- what happens then? Would the African nation is able to get loans to fund its defense, and would this make a big difference? Could Italy be stopped? And what of the effects this unity would have on the larger world stage -- would Japan, for example, rethink any plans they had against China? (And if so, would this just delay the Second Sino-Japanese War, or could it be enough to avert it entirely?)
*I'm seeing this as part of a larger TL where Hitler and the Nazis don't come to power
Let's say though, that Britain, France, and Germany* all agree, whatever they may think of Abyssinia, that Mussolini's blatant aggression must be clearly condemned -- what happens then? Would the African nation is able to get loans to fund its defense, and would this make a big difference? Could Italy be stopped? And what of the effects this unity would have on the larger world stage -- would Japan, for example, rethink any plans they had against China? (And if so, would this just delay the Second Sino-Japanese War, or could it be enough to avert it entirely?)
*I'm seeing this as part of a larger TL where Hitler and the Nazis don't come to power