... not a very good start at keeping the peace. One of the major failures of the League of Nations was the Corfu incident in 1923. This incident began when Tellini, an Italian general who was sent to assess the border between Greece and Albania, and his team were ambushed and killed by Greek bandits. Mussolini, the Italian leader, was furious and blamed the Greek government for the murder. On 29 August he demanded compensation from Greece and execute the murderers however the Greek government had no idea who they were. 2 days later Mussolini bombed then occupied the Greek island of Corfu. Greece appealed to the League for help. These events seemed like the events of 1914, which triggered the First World War so the League had to act quickly. Luckily the council was already in session so the League acted swiftly. It condemned Mussolini's actions but suggested that ...

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