Causes of the failure of the League of Nations

The League of Nations failed due to a number of causes. The causes may be summed up as follows:

(1) it was due to the selfish policy pursued by the big Powers that the international organization could not effectively enforce peace in the world.

(2) The League of Nations remained totally inactive when Japan attacked Manchuria in 1931.

(3) Japans’ surrender of membership gave the League of Nations a serious blow to its very existence.

(4) The League of Nations remained a passive onlooker when Hitler in repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles started rearmament and occupying territories one after another.