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5: League of Nations Pt. 2 - Around the World

History of the Second World War

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The End of the League of Nations

There were many debates before the transfer of mandates was included in one of the 1938 appeasement offers made by Chamberlain to Hitler. This would be a form of appeasement, and by handing African territories to Germany and Italy, it was hoped that those two European nations could be made more content with their situation. It does however show just how far from the initial ideal the mandate concept had fallen by the late 1930s. Much like European colonies from the preceding centuries, mandates were just another chip to be horse traded for the benefit of European politics. A sad end to a system that was initially seen as a huge step forward from the previous colonial system,. but much like the league itself, it

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