international defects, 1919-39

What Were the Main Defects of the International System between 1919 and 1939? The year of 1919 was one of massive importance to the system of international affairs, a year in which the people of the world were unanimous in their commitment to avoiding another war. It was hoped that the notion of the Great War of 1914 to 1918 being the war to end all wars, could be proven true and such a tragedy would never be repeated. So …

…Eastern Europe and consolidated their relationship with the treaty of Rapallo (1922) and a further treaty in 1926. The newly formed states of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia contained massive political and territorial differences preventing them from forming a strong and coherent political unit or bloc, and so would be totally unable to offer resistance against any German, or Russian resurgence. This was a fact that left the French understandably very uneasy. France then looked to Britain,