How Successful Was The League of Nations in the 1920s?

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How Successful Was The League of Nations in the 1920s?

The League of Nations was a post World War 1 'project' that was the spawn of President Wilson's imagination in the 14 points that he took to the Treaty of Versailles. Its original main aims were;

* To be strong and united enough to discourage any nation from using force as a way to solve disputes.

* To encourage nations to disarm.

* To encourage nations to cooperate.

* To uphold the Treaty of Versailles.

* To improve living and working conditions for people around the world.

* To provide a place do discuss international disputes and work them out peacefully.

The League was successful on numerous occasions, helping to sort out disputes and help countries through hard times. One of these successes was when some Greek soldiers were killed in Bulgaria and Greece ended up invading Bulgaria. The League ordered Greece to remove their troops from Bulgaria in 1925 and Greece obeyed.
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The League also helped countries with their economic and financial difficulties. When Australia went through a financial crisis and the League lent them money.

As well as stopping wars the League sometimes prevented them entirely like when Finland and Sweden were in disagreement about who the Aaland Islands should belong to but the League came to a decision and both countries accepted it.

However the League was not successful on an equal number of times, failing to stop wars, being ignored by nations or ignoring nations themselves. The League was ignored by France in 1923 after ...

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