League of Nations
At the conclusion of WWI the world had experienced enough lose of life and resources. A group of peacemakers felt it imperative that an organization be formed so that the devastations of WWI would not be seen again. Eventually in 1920 an international body formed under the title "The League of Nations". During its time the League experienced both successes and failures, however it has been suggested that the League of Nations was a failure this will be analysed further. The League had two main aims that it was dedicated to accomplish. The first major aim was to stop the outbreak of war. On the other hand the League was formed to promote cooperation amongst nations in economic and social areas to enhance the life of many people of the world. By 1924 the League was prospering with a total member count of 50 nations and it looked as if the League would be successful in its aims. There were a number of minor successes for the League that was involved with the first aim, the prevention of war. The wars prevented by the League were: 1920 - The Aaland Islands dispute; 1921 - Upper Silesia; 1921 - Albania; and 1925 - Greece and Bulgaria. Although these s
The United Nations came into existence after WWII only because of its predecessor that very fact made the League a success. . One of the biggest failures of the League involved the disarmament. The more prominent and significant successes of the League, in fact, were to do with the social and economic aims. Germany, Italy and Japan all treated the League with disdain and never were involved. While the League failed in its first aim to prevent war, It did succeed in it social aims. The Soviets viewed the League as a body of aggressive, capitalist nations. The large number of failures include: 1923 - the Corfu Incident; 1931 - Japanese in Manchuria; 1935 - the Abyssinian incident; 1936 - Hitler into the Rhineland; 1938 - Hitler into Austria; 1938 - Hitler into Sudetenland; and 1939 - Hitler takes Poland and commences WWII. uccesses were encouraging, they all involved minor powers, which were willing to accept the League's resolution. This very idea to have an organization ready to deal with conflicts and issues on a world scale brought about a new era in solving world conflict. Only two of the super powers of the time stayed with the League through out the between period 1920-1939. The League had many failures on an international scale and there were many reasons for this. So the burden of the League was placed upon Britain and France's shoulders. There were still more failures on the League's part involving failures to stop aggression.
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