History GCSE
Failure of the League of Nations
What Failure of the League of Nations means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Failure of the League of Nations
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It lacked its own army, the USA never joined, and it could not stop aggression such as Japan's invasion of Manchuria or Italy's invasion of Abyssinia.
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