Both had huge colonial Empires. From Start, the UN and predecessor agencies- such as the League of Nations were very keen on ( self-determination of nations) and this obviously worked against colonial structures. Many Empires unravelled during World War I, Britain and France aimed at keeping their foreign interests intact.
The League of Nations mandates were issued to prepare the middle east for independence.
The League of Nations mandates were issued to prepare the middle east for independence.
Irreconcilables.
Irreconcilables.
The names that were given to the nations that played a dominant economic political and military role in the world were "The League of Nations" after WWI and then eventually "The United Nations," after WWII.
The names that were given to the nations that played a dominant economic political and military role in the world were "The League of Nations" after WWI and then eventually "The United Nations," after WWII.
The names that were given to the nations that played a dominant economic political and military role in the world were "The League of Nations" after WWI and then eventually "The United Nations," after WWII.
The League of Nations had no armed forces, and had no means of punishing other countries that engaged in things that the League of Nations was created to defeat, like embargo, military buildups, antagonism between nations, etc. In other words, it had no teeth
The League of Nations mandates were issued to prepare the middle east for independence.
The British didn't promise a homeland to the Jews. The League of Nations designated the Palestine territories of the Turkish Empire as the land for the Jewish homeland in 1922. This was after the Balfour declaration supporting this, the declaration was written in 1917. The British were given a mandate by the League to administer the territory. Please see the related link for the League of Nations mandate.
Supporters of the League of Nations in the U.S. Congress refused to compromise with Lodge and his Republican bloc that were willing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles with some reservations. Together, it would have given the Treaty the two-thirds vote needed for ratification; however, the unwillingness to compromise doomed the Treaty ratification.
Your mom was what they were called.