League Of Nations Flashcards
Why was the League of Nations a failure?
The onset of the Second World War demonstrated that the League had failed in its primary purpose, which was to avoid any future world war.
Weak – the League’s ‘powers’ were little more than going ‘tut-tut’. Sanctions did not work. It had no army.
America – the strongest nation in the world never joined. Britain and France were not strong enough to impose peace on their own.
Depression – the world-wide Depression made countries try to get more land and power. They were worried about themselves, not about world peace.
Unsuccessful – the more the League failed, the less people trusted it. In the end, everybody just ignored it.
Members – the League’s main members let it down. Italy and Japan betrayed the League. France and Britain did nothing to help it.
What was the League of Nations?
It was an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. Its primary goals included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration.
