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The biggest challenge faced by the League of Nations was that it had no military or legal authority to enforce it's decrees.

The League founded 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference ending WW1. It was the world's first organization dedicated to maintaining world peace, with follow-on missions relating to labor conditions, just treatment of native inhabitants, human and drug trafficking, arms trade, global health, prisoners of war, and protection of minorities in Europe.At its peak, from September 1934 - February 1935, it had 58 members.

But the League's premise was that all issues could be resolved through arbitration or negotiation; unlike the later United Nations, it lacked its own armed force and depended on the Great Powers (Europe plus United States)to enforce its resolutions, levy economic sanctions, or provide military forces when needed. However, the Great Powers were often reluctant to do so because sanction could hurt League members economically. The League of Nations ultimately proved incapable of preventing WW2 after Germany, Japan, Italy (the Axis Powers) and others withdrew in the later-1930's.

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