TS: While the League of Nations was suppose to be equally ran by all the countries involved, there was no leader, causing a lot of conflict in decision making.
- No major power (USA) caused them to have little economic support
- Without US, LoN seemed exclusively European
- The LoN overall didn't implement any of the consequences they said would happen because none of the countries could agree upon what to do.
- Manchuria Crisis, Abyssinian Crisis, Rhine Land
- When Japan invaded Manchuria, the only countries who were actually capable of defeating them were England and the US, but neither country was willing to sacrifice their troops for something that hardly affects them
- The Great Depression caused a lot of countries to be too occupied with their own problems. The militaries of each country were heavily affected. German people were even more desperate because of Great Depression. People of other countries weren't ready for war because they were all suffering financially
- During the Ruhr Crisis, France wanted to stop Germany, but the other countries didn't believe they were a large enough threat to worry about
TS: Because Germany and Russia were excluded, the League of Nations seemed like a "victors" club, causing them to seem elitist and unwilling to help smaller countries
- Germany was still a power after WW1, so excluding them caused the LoN to a) lose a potentially valuable ally and b) make the Germans angry
- Soviets saw the LoN as a club for capitalists, so they were upset with being excluded as well. Thought the LoN wanted to keep all the winnings from the Treaty of Versaille to themselves
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