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| 1933, Feb. 25 | |
| The Lytton Report was adopted by the League of Nations despite Japanese protests. Japan gave notice of withdrawal from the League (May 27), and the effect was to weaken the prestige of the League as a peacekeeping force. | 1 |
| Feb. 2–Oct. 14 | |
| Meeting of the Disarmament Conference following the No Force Declaration (Dec. 11, 1932), in which Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy promised not to attempt to resolve any future disagreements among them by resort to force. The coming to power of Hitler in Germany (Jan. 20) changed the framework of disarmament discussions. The issue of German armaments was central to discussions, with Britain, France, Italy, and the U.S. insisting on postponing German equality in arms and the Germans insisting on having at least defensive weapons at once. | 2 |
| June 12–July 27 | |
| International Economic Conference at London. Discussions disregarded war debts and reparations and tried to secure agreement on currency stabilization. This was blocked by President Roosevelt's repudiation of it in his message to the conference (July 3). The conference failed. | 3 |
| Oct. 14 | |
| Germany announced its withdrawal from the disarmament conference and the League of Nations (Oct. 23). | 4 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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