It was mentioned in class on Monday that after Italy attacked and annexed Ethiopia, that it was the first moment of appeasement. The British didn't do anything and so the French didn't do anything.
What were the reasons that the Britsh didn't take action? Were they waiting on a sanction from the League, and if so, who was responsible for following through with any action to carry out whatever the League said?
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Taking action might have meant fighting Italy (defending Ethiopia) in a foreign environment - allocating men and resources that were already strained in a region far from home.
I think that many countries felt that if they were to fight another country they might be stuck doing so on their own. The ties between countries at this time were weak to say the least, and in many cases they were undependable. Each country was looking so someone else to back them up, and in most cases they did not find backup.
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