In its creation it left out Germany and the Soviet Union. The United States Senate refused to joint the league. This alone weakened the league. The League of Nations did have some success in the beginning but that did not outweigh their failures, especially those that correlated with World War II. The Axis powers were causing trouble before they had even come together. The Japanese launched the Manchuria affair, where Japan created a state in China. The League condemned them for this and Japan simply left the league and started planning for more intervention in China. Benito Mussolini, the dictator in Italy sought to capture modern-day Ethiopia. The Italians invaded in 1935 and all the League did was impose economic sanctions. The League was now seen as an ineffective peace keeping body. The Treaty of Versailles had made the Rhineland a demilitarized zone. Hitler wanted all of Rhineland and risked sending in troops, however, he was met with no opposition. The Munich Pact of 1938 allowed Germany to annex Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. Britain, France and Italy signed this. Many refer to this as appeasement, the league was trying to satisfy Hitler in hopes that he would be satisfied and make no more war efforts. This was a failed plan as Germany invaded Poland the following year. If the League of Nations had acted on Japan, Italy and Germany then they would have fulfilled the collective security they were supposed to impose, rather than give countries means to start wars and
In its creation it left out Germany and the Soviet Union. The United States Senate refused to joint the league. This alone weakened the league. The League of Nations did have some success in the beginning but that did not outweigh their failures, especially those that correlated with World War II. The Axis powers were causing trouble before they had even come together. The Japanese launched the Manchuria affair, where Japan created a state in China. The League condemned them for this and Japan simply left the league and started planning for more intervention in China. Benito Mussolini, the dictator in Italy sought to capture modern-day Ethiopia. The Italians invaded in 1935 and all the League did was impose economic sanctions. The League was now seen as an ineffective peace keeping body. The Treaty of Versailles had made the Rhineland a demilitarized zone. Hitler wanted all of Rhineland and risked sending in troops, however, he was met with no opposition. The Munich Pact of 1938 allowed Germany to annex Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland. Britain, France and Italy signed this. Many refer to this as appeasement, the league was trying to satisfy Hitler in hopes that he would be satisfied and make no more war efforts. This was a failed plan as Germany invaded Poland the following year. If the League of Nations had acted on Japan, Italy and Germany then they would have fulfilled the collective security they were supposed to impose, rather than give countries means to start wars and