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

History of the Second World War

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The German League and the Mandates

Germany would join the League in 1926, under the leadership of Gustav Streismann. They entered with several goals relating to mandates and their former colonies. From that point until Germany's exit from the League, they would lead other nations against attempts by the large colonial empires to turn their mandates into de facto colonies. Much like the minority groups within League members, the people who lived in Mandates had the right to petition the League should they feel that their rights were not being upheld.

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