WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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One of the League’s most important members, Italy, had gone against the Covenant.
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Britain and France showed they were more interested in their own welfare than protecting the Covenant of the League.
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It showed that the League were not listened to by other powers.
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Small countries now knew that the League would not protect them from invasion and dictators, like Hitler and Mussolini, realised the League was powerless to stop them.
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The League had shown that not only could it not deal with instances far away, but it also couldn’t deal with those closer to home with Europe.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The League’s unwillingness to impose an oil sanction and its evident failure to prevent Italy’s conquest of Abyssinia discredited the League and its collective security provisions.
Detailed explanation-2: -Japan refused to leave Manchuria. Instead, Japan left the League. Many countries had important trading links with Japan. The League could not agree on sanctions or even a ban on weapons sales.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Abyssinian Crisis together with the Manchurian Crisis showed that the League would not stand up against those countries who wished to push the boundaries. Both instances of failure were watched by Hitler in particular who saw that the League of Nations would not stand up to him.
Detailed explanation-4: -This was because they feared that the Americans who were no longer part of the League wouldn’t support the sanctions and that their own economic interests would be damaged. Because this, the Italian army took over Abyssinia with little trouble. This was a devastating failure for the League.