18 August Essay Practice by Chew Jun Hao Javier

Explain how the weakness of the LON led to the outbreak of WW2 in Europe.

chew_jun_hao_javier — 2025-08-17 11:20:01 UTC

YN

2025-08-18 03:18:12 UTC

One weakness of the LON was the failure of disarmament. The main point of disarmament was to limit countries’ access to offensive weapons but they did not obey due to countries not trusting each other and countries finding it unfair that either one country has more or less army forces than the other. Therefore, the LON failed to have the power to change the countries’ disobedience in disarmament and giving terms to change their minds, which meant that armament would be used to attack each other. That led to the outbreak of World War II later on.

Another weakness of the LON was failure to prevent the Abyssinian crisis. When Germany invaded Abyssinia, no countries especially the leaders of the LON, stepped in to stop the dispute/invasion. Worst of all, countries were not allowed to form alliances with other countries privately but Italy did so with Germany and allowed Germany to then invade Abyssinia easily. Therefore, Abyssinia being apart of Germany resulted in the ability to invade Poland which led to the outbreak of World War II

Rayyan

2025-08-18 13:55:29 UTC

One of the major weakness of the LON was that its failure in enforcing dissarmanent , which encouraged other nations to act without being afraid of consequences. Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and Italy invaded Abyssinia in 1935, the League failed to take meaningful action. It spoke out against the invasions and tried to punish the aggressors with mild sanctions, but these efforts were mostly ignored or quietly dropped and they also stop a little violence.This lack of firm response showed the world, especially leaders like Hitler, that the League was more bark than bite. If countries could break international law without facing serious consequences, it created an environment where aggression seemed like a viable path to power.By showing that it couldn't or wouldn’t stand up to aggressors, the League of Nations helped create a world where Nazi Germany felt emboldened to challenge the Treaty of Versailles and expand its territory, leading directly to the outbreak of war in Europe.

Another weakness of the League of Nations that contributed to the outbreak of World War II was the absence of major world powers, especially the United States.Even though it was the idea of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, the United States chose not to join, and other key countries like Germany and the Soviet Union weren’t involved at first either.Without these major powers, the League didn’t have the strength or influence to stand up to aggressive leaders. When Hitler began breaking the rules of the Treaty of Versailles and expanding Germany’s territory, he knew the League couldn’t do much to stop him. That made him bolder and more confident in pushing towards war.In the end, the League's lack of strong global support made it weak and powerless—something Hitler noticed and took full advantage of, which helped lead to the outbreak of World War II.

Deshaun

2025-08-19 00:49:05 UTC

The League of Nations was created to keep peace after World War I, but it was too weak and this led to World War II in Europe. It had no army to stop aggressive countries, so when Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 and Italy attacked Abyssinia in 1935, the League could only complain and give weak punishments. Also, important countries like the USA were not members, while Britain and France cared more about themselves than about world peace. Because of this, Hitler saw that the League could not stop him, so he rearmed Germany, marched into the Rhineland, and later invaded Poland. The League’s failure to act gave dictators confidence, and this led to the outbreak of World War II.

Rayyan (2nd weakness)(Redo)

2025-08-19 01:04:04 UTC

Another weakness is the Radicalism. The Radicalism is when the people we’re unhappy with the government decisions and we’re mad and upset at the government. The people also believe the rise of authoritarian regimes and is also making the country to fall and more worse. This weakness will impact the country’s growth and lesser people will have faith and trust in the government. They will be hating more now.