The Treaty of Rapallo meant the two countries ended all territorial and financial arguments stemming from the previous Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and agreed to ‘co-operate in a spirit of mutual goodwill in meeting the economic needs of both countries’.
Over 150 soldiers from both sides died in a two-day skirmish that began on 5 December, and whose origins continue to be unclear.
When Abyssinia was finally captured on 5 May, all the sanctions were dropped.
United States President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left-hand side.
On the 27th August 1928, Germany, France and the United States signed the General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy – otherwise known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
On the 10th January 1920, the Treaty of Versailles came into effect.
On the 5th December 1934, the Wal-Wal Incident took place which laid the foundations for the Abyssinia Crisis.
On the 18th September 1931, the Manchurian Crisis – also known as the Mukden Incident –began when Japanese soldiers blew up a section of their own railway in the Chinese region of Manchuria.
On the 13th January 1935, the Territory of the Saar Basin voted to reunite with Germany.
On the 19th October 1935, the League of Nations voted to impose sanctions on Italy after it invaded Abyssinia.
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