Appeasement, straight up appeasement.
The League of Nations responded to Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931 by conducting an investigation through the Lytton Report, which condemned Japan's actions but ultimately failed to take effective measures to enforce sanctions or military intervention. In the case of Germany, the League was unable to effectively counter its rearmament and subsequent aggression, such as the remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936. Overall, the League's responses were marked by indecision and a lack of enforcement power, leading to its ineffectiveness in curbing the aggression of both nations. This lack of decisive action ultimately contributed to the League's decline and the onset of World War II.
The League of Nations was unable to provide effective aid to Ethiopia in 1934 primarily due to its lack of enforcement power and the reluctance of member states to take decisive action. When Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935, the League imposed economic sanctions, but these were ineffective because they excluded essential resources like oil. Additionally, the League's political structure allowed powerful nations to prioritize their own interests over collective action, leading to a failure in supporting Ethiopia adequately. This inaction ultimately highlighted the League's weaknesses in maintaining peace and preventing aggression.
It was unable to control the growth of dictatorships during the 1920s and 1930s.
The Republicans opposed him, and Wilson had a stroke and had to halt his campaign for the league.
The first example is the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. The League of Nations disapproved but had no means to stop the invasion. Mussolini then invaded Ethiopia in 1935, and the League of Nations was unable to take action against him. Finally, in 1936, Hitler began to remilitarize Germany, and there was no reaction from the League of Nations.
B. It did not maintain armed forces.
Woodrow Wilson promoted the idea of the League of Nations to the French and all the other nations of the alliance when they were discussing the surrender conditions to be presented to the Germans. He had fourteen points of his ideas and some were incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles but the entire idea of the League of Nations failed. Wilson's own country refused to endorse and be part of the League of Nations. He wanted the League of Nations to promote, preserve and protect the world peace. The league turned out to be a failure because it was unable to prevent World War 2 and gain the cooperation of all the nations. The United Nations does a better job.
Woodrow Wilson promoted the idea of the League of Nations to the French and all the other nations of the alliance when they were discussing the surrender conditions to be presented to the Germans. He had fourteen points of his ideas and some were incorporated into the Treaty of Versailles but the entire idea of the League of Nations failed. Wilson's own country refused to endorse and be part of the League of Nations. He wanted the League of Nations to promote, preserve and protect the world peace. The league turned out to be a failure because it was unable to prevent World War 2 and gain the cooperation of all the nations. The United Nations does a better job.
The league of nations sat back as Germany, Japan and Italy took control of what they believed to be theirs. The era of appeasement allowed the countries to become problems for the world.
Woodrow Wilson was unwilling to compromise with Henry Cabot Lodge, a powerful senator. Without LodgeÕs support, Wilson was unable to obtain a two-thirds majority to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and join the League of Nations.
The League of Nation from its inception on was much hampered by the lack of any military force at its disposal and even more by the rule that important decisions had to be unanimous. However, it DID stand up to the Japanese aggression by condemning it, only to see the Japanese delegation walk out and cancel Japan's membership of the League of Nations. Many other countries that had reason to fear censure for present or planned behavior did the same by the way, such as the Soviet Union, Hitler's Germany and Spain.In the case of Italy, its invasion of Ethiopia was not only formally condemned but an embargo was even imposed. Only it did not include the two things that would have forced Italy to pull out, namely an oil embargo and the closing of the Suez canal to the Italians.
People may think that the L of N would have been able to stop international aggression in the 1920's and 1930's but as countries became independent the L of N was unable to threaten with the stop of supplies to that country. They also couldn't stop it because they did not have an army.