Saturday, January 9, 2010

The League of Nations - the 1930s

After the calamatous events of the 1929 Wall Street Crash and its effects on the world economy, the League of Nations faced an uphill task as it tried to deal with a succession of crises in the 1930s. Take a look at the following video clips to help give you an overview of the period.

An informative school videocast from St Patrick´s High School


An extract from the documentary series World at War on the Japanese invasion of Manchuria


Information from the Britannica website on the Manchurian invasion


Having looked at the video clips and using your own information on the topic why not add your own comments as to why the League failed to the Wallwisher below:

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