The main aim after World War I was said to be to prevent another major war from occurring. World War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, which ironically can also be argued to have been the beginning of the World War II. From 1919 to 1939, the countries agreed on the need for peaceful communication. They were to replace militarism with more civilized forms of agreements. This desire for collective security, agreement of nations to not attack each other and defend each other in case of attack, failed due to dishonesty and greed.
A promising action that would help prevent war was the creation of the Treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919, which main focus was to create peace. The Treaty of Versailles was awful flawed because …show more content…
It was founded on January 10, 1920, with the aim to help enforce the idea of world peace presented by the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations, much like the Treaty of Versailles who led to its creation, was flawed. The League lacked the membership from the three of the period’s greatest powers, which were the United States of America, Russia, and Germany. This weakened it because it allowed the powers to do a they wished. The fact that the U.S.A was not part of the League was also a big weakness, since it has been established by Woodrow Wilson. If the country of the creator did not want to be part of the League, why would the rest of the countries be forced to follow it? The British cartoon ‘The Gap in the Bridge’ published in Punch on December 1919 agreed with this. It argued that the absence of the U.S.A prevented the League from functioning efficiently. It represented the “keystone” that would lead the League to success. The League was meant to secure world peace, but the majority of it was composed of European powers. The only ones benefited would be the Europeans, while neglecting the rest of the world. The League’s organisation was also not very efficient. Since the League’s vote had to be unanimous in order to take action, it often took too long to agree on a decision, which rarely
A promising action that would help prevent war was the creation of the Treaty of Versailles signed on 28 June 1919, which main focus was to create peace. The Treaty of Versailles was awful flawed because …show more content…
It was founded on January 10, 1920, with the aim to help enforce the idea of world peace presented by the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations, much like the Treaty of Versailles who led to its creation, was flawed. The League lacked the membership from the three of the period’s greatest powers, which were the United States of America, Russia, and Germany. This weakened it because it allowed the powers to do a they wished. The fact that the U.S.A was not part of the League was also a big weakness, since it has been established by Woodrow Wilson. If the country of the creator did not want to be part of the League, why would the rest of the countries be forced to follow it? The British cartoon ‘The Gap in the Bridge’ published in Punch on December 1919 agreed with this. It argued that the absence of the U.S.A prevented the League from functioning efficiently. It represented the “keystone” that would lead the League to success. The League was meant to secure world peace, but the majority of it was composed of European powers. The only ones benefited would be the Europeans, while neglecting the rest of the world. The League’s organisation was also not very efficient. Since the League’s vote had to be unanimous in order to take action, it often took too long to agree on a decision, which rarely