To What Extent did the League of Nations Fail? Assess if the League of Nations set up after WWI was a success or failure.

The League did not, in the long term, succeed. There were a variety of fundamental, flaws that did not permit the league to succeed. The League, unlike the United Nations, lacked an armed force and depended on the Great Powers to enforce its resolutions, which they were very reluctant to do. Economic sanctions, the most severe measure after military action, were difficult to enforce and had no great impact on the target country. This was …

…not committed to the League or its goals. All members did not want or were very reluctant to use military action. If the League had shown its strength early, countries, governments and dictators might have taken it more seriously. The league's failures were, in part, responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War. The start of the Second World War demonstrated how badly the league failled to achieve what it set out to do.