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Failures of the League of Nations.
The League of Nations failed its Prime objective of maintaining world peace in the following ways;
a) It failed to solve the SinoJapanese dispute after Japan invaded Manchuria in China in 1931. Japan after refusing to abide by the League’s demands that it withdraws from the Chinese territory, even pulled out of the league in 1933.
b) The Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. Benito Mussolini, rather than accept the League’s verdict.
c) The League failed to stop German Violation of the terms of the Versailles Treaty. She embarked on a remilitarization.
d) Nations continued to make many defensive pacts in total disregard of the Treaty of Versailles.