LON Structure
This central body of the League was responsible for making important decisions and included representatives from all member nations.
What is the Assembly?
In 1925, the League intervened to resolve a border conflict between Greece and Bulgaria after a Greek soldier was shot chasing a dog, preventing a larger war.
What is the War of the Stray Dog?
In 1931, the League’s inability to respond decisively to Japan's invasion of this Chinese region highlighted its lack of enforcement power.
What is Manchuria?
The League of Nations led efforts to combat this mosquito-borne disease, particularly in Southern Europe and the Middle East, by promoting international cooperation and preventative measures.
What is malaria?
This global organization, founded in 1945, was heavily influenced by the League of Nations and aimed to maintain peace and security.
What is the United Nations?
This body of the League of Nations, led by the Secretary-General, managed communication, organized meetings, and handled the League’s day-to-day functions.
What is the Secretariat?
The League successfully resolved this 1921 dispute between Sweden and Finland over a group of islands in the Baltic Sea.
What is the Aaland Islands?
The League of Nations failed to resolve this 1923 crisis when France and Belgium occupied Germany's industrial region after missed reparations payments.
What is the Ruhr Crisis?
The League launched efforts to fight this illegal practice, working to eliminate it in Africa and the Middle East during the 1920s and 1930s.
What is slavery?
The League of Nations failed to prevent this major global conflict that began in 1939.
What is World War II?
This country never joined the League of Nations, weakening its international influence from the start.
What is the United States?
The League mediated a peaceful settlement in this industrial region in 1923, dividing it between Germany and Poland after a plebiscite.
What is the Upper Silesia dispute?
The League mediated between Poland and Lithuania over this city in 1920, though the resolution was ultimately unsuccessful.
What is the Vila Disupute?
The League of Nations played a pioneering role in international efforts to control the production and distribution of these substances.
What are narcotics or drugs?
This 1924 plan, created to help Germany stabilize its economy and pay reparations after World War I, involved loans primarily from the United States.
What is the Dawes Plan?
This smaller body within the League consisted of permanent and non-permanent members and handled urgent political issues and decisions.
What is the Council?
Despite its peacekeeping failures, the League of Nations successfully addressed these issues, including child welfare, refugee support, and combating human trafficking.
What are humanitarian issues?
The League imposed limited sanctions when Italy invaded this African country in 1935, but ultimately failed to prevent its conquest.
What is Abyssinia?
In the 1920s, the League of Nations launched a campaign to research and combat this chronic infectious disease, leading to the establishment of international standards for its treatment and control.
What is leprosy?
The League of Nations failed to prevent this European country from rearming and pursuing expansionist policies throughout the 1930s, leading to World War II.
What is Germany?
This is the number of countries that initially founded the League of Nations in 1920.
What is 42?
This principle, central to the League of Nations’ mission, aimed to prevent aggression by ensuring that all member nations would act together to protect any one of them against attack.
What is collective security?
This incident in 1923 was triggered when an Italian general and his team were killed while surveying a disputed border between Greece and Albania.
What is the Corfu Incident?
The League of Nations launched efforts to combat this global issue, establishing international agreements in the 1920s to address the exploitation of women and children.
What is human trafficking?
One of the League's major failures, widely analyzed in the UN, was its inability to enforce decisions due to lacking this crucial element of power.
What is a military or enforcement power?