Why did the League of Nations fail?
TOPIC: WHY DID THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FAIL?
What was the League of Nations?
The League of Nations was an organization founded because of the peace conference in Paris which put an end to the World War One. It was the world’s first international organization and its goal was to maintain world peace and was active from 1919 until 1946. Its primary function was to prevent the outbreak of another war amongst the world’s great powers. It was however unable to fulfill this hence the outbreak of the second world war and is now said to have been a failure.
Structure.
It was made up of two main bodies that made the decisions. The council alongside the assembly and the secretariat. The council:
It consisted of five permanent members which were Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and Germany (from 1929)
Four non-permanent members.
They met times a year.
All decisions taken were to be made unanimously.
The assembly:
Each member of the League had one vote each.
They all met once a year.
All decisions taken were to be made unanimously.
The secretariat:
This carried out the League’s decisions. It had no armed forces. (Shephard, Reid, & Shephard, 2010: 142).
Membership from 1920-1945
The league had diverse membership of different countries and at varying times over the years of its existence. Some where there the whole time, some pulled out, and some joined later on. Here are a few of them:
1. France (1919-1945)
2. Britain (1919-1945)
3. Italy (1919- 1936)
4. Japan (1919-1932)
5. Germany (1926-1933)
6. USSR (1934-1939)
Weaknesses of the League’s Organization.
1. The council:
a. The members only met three times a year. This was very restrictive because members could only meet specific times. There would have been conflict rising at times when no meetings where scheduled to take place and the problems would linger and eventually accumulate making them more complicated and harder to solve.
b. All decisions were to be to be
What was the League of Nations?
The League of Nations was an organization founded because of the peace conference in Paris which put an end to the World War One. It was the world’s first international organization and its goal was to maintain world peace and was active from 1919 until 1946. Its primary function was to prevent the outbreak of another war amongst the world’s great powers. It was however unable to fulfill this hence the outbreak of the second world war and is now said to have been a failure.
Structure.
It was made up of two main bodies that made the decisions. The council alongside the assembly and the secretariat. The council:
It consisted of five permanent members which were Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and Germany (from 1929)
Four non-permanent members.
They met times a year.
All decisions taken were to be made unanimously.
The assembly:
Each member of the League had one vote each.
They all met once a year.
All decisions taken were to be made unanimously.
The secretariat:
This carried out the League’s decisions. It had no armed forces. (Shephard, Reid, & Shephard, 2010: 142).
Membership from 1920-1945
The league had diverse membership of different countries and at varying times over the years of its existence. Some where there the whole time, some pulled out, and some joined later on. Here are a few of them:
1. France (1919-1945)
2. Britain (1919-1945)
3. Italy (1919- 1936)
4. Japan (1919-1932)
5. Germany (1926-1933)
6. USSR (1934-1939)
Weaknesses of the League’s Organization.
1. The council:
a. The members only met three times a year. This was very restrictive because members could only meet specific times. There would have been conflict rising at times when no meetings where scheduled to take place and the problems would linger and eventually accumulate making them more complicated and harder to solve.
b. All decisions were to be to be
Cited: 1. Shephard, C, Reid, A & Shephard, K (2011). Discovering the past Y9: Peace & War. London: Hodder Education.