Why did the league of nations failed?

Answer 1

The main reasons for the failure of the League of Nations can be summarised into the following points:

1. Not all countries joined the League.

   Although the idea for the League of Nations had come from Woodrow Wilson, there was a change of government in the United States before the signing of the treaty and the new Republican government refused to join. As a punishment for having started World War One, Germany was not allowed to join and Russia was also excluded due to a growing fear of Communism. Other countries decided not to join and some joined but later left.

2. The League had no power.

   The main weapon of the League was to ask member countries to stop trading with an aggressive country. However, this did not work because countries could still trade with non-member countries. When the world was hit by depression in the late 1920s countries were reluctant to lose trading partners to other non-member countries.

3. The League had no army.

   Soldiers were to be supplied by member countries. However, countries were reluctant to get involved and risk provoking an aggressive country into taking direct action against them and failed to provide troops.

4. Unable to act quickly.

   The Council of the League of Nations only met four times a year and decisions had to be agreed by all nations. When countries called for the League to intervene, the League had to set up an emergency meeting, hold discussions and gain the agreement of all members. This process meant that the League could not act quickly to stop an act of aggression.

Answer 2

The league failed in Manchuria and Abyssinia. It was weak - the League's 'powers' were little more than going 'tut-tut'. Sanctions did not work. It had no army. always America - the strongest nation in the world never joined. Britain and France were not strong enough to impose peace on their own. Structure - the League was muddled, so it took ages to do anything. Members couldn't agree - but decisions had to be unanimous. This paralyzed the League. 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. Big bullies - in the 1920s, the League had dealt with weak countries. In the 1930s, powerful countries like Germany, Italy and Japan attacked weaker countries.

The league failed to resolve conflicts in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It never had a military alliance, and therefore could not enforce its decisions. This lead to an arms race, and there was nothing the league could do to prevent the second world war. well because they were not prepared to come to the defense of smaller countries, they concentrated on larger countries and that did not work well for their world disarmament plan.

Answer 3

The main reasons for the failure of the League of Nations can be summarised into the following points:

1. Not all countries joined the League.

   Although the idea for the League of Nations had come from Woodrow Wilson, there was a change of government in the United States before the signing of the treaty and the new Republican government refused to join. As a punishment for having started World War One, Germany was not allowed to join and Russia was also excluded due to a growing fear of Communism. Other countries decided not to join and some joined but later left.

2. The League had no power.

   The main weapon of the League was to ask member countries to stop trading with an aggressive country. However, this did not work because countries could still trade with non-member countries. When the world was hit by depression in the late 1920s countries were reluctant to lose trading partners to other non-member countries.

3. The League had no army.

   Soldiers were to be supplied by member countries. However, countries were reluctant to get involved and risk provoking an aggressive country into taking direct action against them and failed to provide troops.

4. Unable to act quickly.

   The Council of the League of Nations only met four times a year and decisions had to be agreed by all nations. When countries called for the League to intervene, the League had to set up an emergency meeting, hold discussions and gain the agreement of all members. This process meant that the League could not act quickly to stop an act of aggression.