A report on League of Nations
The first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.
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Treaty of Versailles
37 linksThe most important of the peace treaties of World War I.
The most important of the peace treaties of World War I.
The treaty was registered by the Secretariat of the League of Nations on 21 October 1919.
World War II
29 linksGlobal war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
Global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
To prevent a future world war, the League of Nations was created during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.
United Nations
19 linksIntergovernmental organization whose purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
Intergovernmental organization whose purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future wars, succeeding the rather ineffective League of Nations.
Woodrow Wilson
14 linksAmerican politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism.
Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920)
13 linksThe formal meeting in 1919 and 1920 of the victorious Allies after the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers.
The formal meeting in 1919 and 1920 of the victorious Allies after the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers.
Its major decisions were the creation of the League of Nations and the five peace treaties with the defeated states; the awarding of German and Ottoman overseas possessions as "mandates", chiefly to Britain and France; the imposition of reparations upon Germany; and the drawing of new national boundaries, sometimes involving plebiscites, to reflect ethnic boundaries more closely.
World War I
23 linksWorld War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1, began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918.
World War I or the First World War, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1, began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918.
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles dealt with Germany and, building on Wilson's 14th point, brought into being the League of Nations on 28 June 1919.
Soviet Union
17 linksTranscontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
In September 1934, the country joined the League of Nations.
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
10 linksWar of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937.
War of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937.
It is seen as an example of the expansionist policy that characterized the Axis powers and the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations before the outbreak of the Second World War.
Benito Mussolini
16 linksItalian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party.
Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party.
In the end, the League of Nations proved powerless, and Greece was forced to comply with Italian demands.
Covenant of the League of Nations
7 linksThe Covenant of the League of Nations was the charter of the League of Nations.