LoN Failure

Cards (7)

  • Leading members of the League of Nations, such as Britain and France, were unwilling to abandon their own self-interest to support the League in times of crisis.
  • Some important countries were not members of the League of Nations, lacking authority and sanctions were ineffective.
  • The USA never joined the League of Nations.
  • Germany joined the League of Nations in 1926 and left again in 1933.
  • The USSR joined the League of Nations in 1934 and was expelled in 1939.
  • Japan left the League of Nations in 1933.
  • Italy left the League of Nations in 1937.