Yes. As seen by the French selling down the Poles down the road and not declaring war when Poland was invaded.
Don't forget the Czechs.
Yes. As seen by the French selling down the Poles down the road and not declaring war when Poland was invaded.
As well as when they proved all too willing to sell out Ethiopia in 1935.
I was referring to the French Guarantee thing or how willing the French were to sell out countries.France was allied to Ethiopia?
No, but the League of Nations allegedly guaranteed the security of all members. That would include Ethiopia.France was allied to Ethiopia?
Expect they didn't as they were courting Italy as an ally against Germany. Also Italy wouldn't be taking all of Yugoslavia but a nibble of a broken shell.The Western powers along with a whole bunch of lesser League powers came close to outright war with Italy over an African state towards which they had no formal obligations and for what in the 30s quite a bit of their population would still view as just a colonial conflict.
Expect they didn't as they were courting Italy as an ally against Germany. Also Italy wouldn't be taking all of Yugoslavia but a nibble of a broken shell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_War#Ethiopian_isolation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Italian_Agreement_of_1935#Main_agreements
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stresa_Front