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[[File:LeagueOfNations_464Flag of the League of Nations (1939–1941).gifsvg|framethumb|400px|Once the hope for a new, peaceful world.]]
 
Precursor to the [[United Nations]], the '''League of Nations''' was formed after [[World War OneI]] to ensure peace and prevent [[World War TwoII]]. [[You Should Know This Already|Guess how it worked out.]]
 
Precursor to the [[United Nations]], the League of Nations was formed after [[World War One]] to ensure peace and prevent [[World War Two]]. [[You Should Know This Already|Guess how it worked out.]]
 
The ideas behind the League represented a fundamental shift in thought from the preceding hundred years; rather than each nation pursuing their own national interests at the expense of others, the League brought in the concept of international co-operation. The League lacked its own armed force and so depended on the victorious Great Powers of the Great War: Great Britain, France, Italy & Japan<ref>America didn't join because of domestic politics. Naturally, this led to problems later on.</ref> to enforce its resolutions via military or economic pressure.
 
The League was structured under three main constitutional organs: the Assembly (all members of the League); the Council (the excutiveexecutive body of the League) and the Permanent Secretariat. These bodies would later be carried on to the [[United Nations]].
 
The concept of collective security and disarmament, central to the League's goals of peace, failed as the member nations were unwilling to disarm their militaries for varying reasons. Furthermore, as [[Those Wacky Nazis]] re-militarised their army and posed a threat to peace in [[Europe]], the nations opted to [[Lensman Arms Race|follow suit]].
 
[[World War TwoII|You can see where this is going.]]
 
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