The League of Nations was set up to solve problems between countries before they led to war. Its methods were mainly:
diplomacy (discussions), trade sanctions, or using the armies of their members.
President Wilson's idea, but the US never joined and instead returned to its isolationist policy. Britain and France had their own interests and bypassed the League when it suited them.
Slow to take decisions, solutions were ineffective
1930s : Economic depression, which made countries less willing to co-operate and helped turn previously democratic countries into dictatorships.
1931-32 : Japanese invasion of Manchuria and China
1936-37 : Tried to prevent Italy's invasion of Abyssinia but could not agree on what to do and never even enforced trade sanctions.
From 1936 the League was seen as irrelevant to international affairs, although its agencies continued its humanitarian work.
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