The Repeated Failure of the League of Nations in Keeping Peace

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The Repeated Failure of the League of Nations in Keeping Peace The League of Nations repeatedly failed in keeping the peace because, first of all Hitler went against the Treaty of Versailles and started World War 2 yet the League of Nations failed to react. The Treaty of Versailles also failed because Mussolini in Abyssinia went against the league and Manchuria also contributed towards the failure to keep the peace. The structure of the league didn’t help as the council only met once a year. The power of the league was very weak as there was no military force. Finally the lack of strong nations joining the league contributed to the failure of the League of Nations. The League of Nations failed because Hitler went against the Treaty of Versailles and started World War Ι Ι. In 1922 Hitler withdrew from the League of Nations and ordered the German delegates to leave the Disarment Conference in Geneva as he claimed that Germany had already disarmed but other countries were refusing to do so. In 1935 Germany enforced conscription and started to construct warships. The construction of the Luftwaffe then begun but this was all banned by the Treaty of Versailles. In March 1936 Hitler sent German forces to the Rhineland. Then also in 1936 Hitler sent German forces to fight on the side of General Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Hitler used the Spanish Civil war as an opportunity to practice Blitzkrieg tactics which he then used during World War Ι Ι. Finally in 1938 Hitler occupied Austria and united it with Germany claiming that he was protecting Germans within Austria and then held a vote in which 99% of Austrians voted in favour of ... ... middle of paper ... ... Nations seen like a League of Victors from World War Ι. The League of Nations was weakened even more when the USA refused to join even though it was originally their idea. Another critical weakness was that Russia didn’t join because it was a communist country. Without these three big powers the League of Na tions started off weak. The League also didn’t have a secure army therefore if any situations where a immediate army was required the League of Nations had to use parts of different armies. This delayed things significantly and led to a failure within the League of Nations. From beginning to end the League of Nations failed to keep the peace because it was seen as weak and powerless, from big powers failing to join to not having a significant army therefore the League of Nations would never had succeeded.

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