Across
- 2. Nations prioritised their own needs
- 6. Britain and France refused to block Italian supply routes
- 10. Countries reluctant to damage trade
- 11. League unable to stop Japanese aggression
- 14. Depression increased tensions worldwide
- 15. League seen as powerless
- 16. Economic crisis encouraged aggressive expansion
- 17. Italy invaded this African nation
- 18. Crisis that destroyed League credibility
- 19. Secret proposal to give Italy most of Abyssinia
- 20. Hardship increased political tensions
- 22. Countries focused on their own recovery
- 23. Crisis pushed Japan to seek resources abroad
- 24. League imposed limited and ineffective measures
Down
- 1. Depression undermined League principles
- 3. Depression encouraged Mussolini to seek empire
- 4. Explosion used as pretext for invasion
- 5. Region invaded by Japan
- 7. League investigation into Manchuria
- 8. Nations less willing to work together
- 9. Event that triggered global economic crisis
- 12. Japan left the League after criticism
- 13. Economic pressures made League failure more likely
- 21. League took over a year to report
