WORLD WAR I
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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Non-members could just ignore the sanctions.
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Members who were sanctioned could just trade with non-members.
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There was not enough trade after WWI for sanctions to work.
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The League could not use force to carry out the sanctions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The failures of the League in the 1930s were not only because of aggressor nations undermining its authority, but also down to its own members. Britain and France, the two most influential members, ignored the League in their efforts to appease Hitler-actions that arguably led to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Detailed explanation-2: -Disarmament was highly advocated by the League, which meant that it deprived countries that were supposed to act with military force on its behalf when necessary from means to do so. When countries started to attack others in order to try and expand, the League didn’t have any power to stop them.
Detailed explanation-3: -The League failed to bring about disarmament and also to solve several problems. These failures included: Vilna, 1920, Russo-Polish War 1920-21, Greece vs. Turkey 1920-21, Memel 1923, the occupation of Ruhr 1923, Corfu Incident 1923. The League often failed to carry the self-determination policy out.