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  1. Upper Silesia was an industrial area on the border between Germany and Poland. Who was involved in the dispute over Upper Silesia? Poland and Germany disputed the territory in 1921. Upper Silesia was awarded to Poland in the Treaty of Versailles, but most of the region's population was German.

  2. The decision was handed over to the League of Nations, which confirmed this border, and Poland received roughly one third of the plebiscite zone by area, including the greater part of the industrial region. [6] After the referendum, on 20 October 1921, a conference of ambassadors in Paris decided to divide the region.

  3. THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND THE UPPER SILESIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE, 1921-1922 For the League of Nations the first significant test which involved the major Allied powers concerned Upper Silesia. The Allies had failed to define a boundary for the region based on the plebiscite results of March 20, 1921.

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  5. Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, an overall majority voted to remain with Germany. Therefore, Germany claimed that the whole area should remain German. However, in making that claim, it was disregarding the treaty provisions for partitioning the area according to the wishes of the… Read More.

  6. Jul 18, 2018 · The League of Nations & International Peace. The League was initially very popular and was often called upon to sort out disagreements between countries. In 1921, there was a disagreement over the future of Upper Silesia. Both Germany and Poland claimed the territory as their own. The League stepped in to assist those countries.

  7. The Silesian Uprisings (Polish: Powstania śląskie; German: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time. Ethnic Polish and Polish-Silesian insurrectionists, seeking to have the area transferred to the newly ...

  8. Upper Silesia Under the League of Nations. By GEORGES S. KAECKENBEECK. THE Geneva Convention, drafted in. 1922 by German and Polish dele- SPECIAL MACHINERY. gations under the chairmanship of a To that effect, the League Council's Swiss statesman (President Calonder) recommendations provided for the set- and with the help of the League of Na ...

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