Historians' views on why the League failed

Question 1

What did AJP Taylor was the main reason for the League’s failure?

Answer 1

‘The real death of the League was in 1935. One day it was a powerful body imposing sanctions, the next day it was an empty sham… Hitler watched.’

Question 2

What did T.A. Morris argue about the demise of the League?

Answer 2

‘The damage done [by the Abyssinia Crisis to] the League of Nations was IRREVERSIBLE.’

Question 3

What did historian James Joll argue about the demise of the League?

Answer 3

‘After seeing what happened first in Manchuria and then in Abyssinia, most people drew the conclusion that it was no longer much use placing their hopes in the League.’

Question 4

What did British Statesman Philip Noel Baker say at the last session of the League?

Answer 4

‘We know that World War began in Manchuria fifteen years ago. We know that four years later we could easily have stopped Mussolini’