Although the Spanish Civil war and the Italian invasion of Abyssinia were major causes of the Second World War, it was the weakness of the League of Nations that... The aim of the League of Nations was to maintain world peace, and due to their lack of strength and inability to enforce sanctions and consequences their aims were far from achieved. The fascist nations of Germany and Italy were allowed to persue their aggressive military …showed first 75 words of 1933 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1933 total…war that lasted for 6 years. The League of Nations had clearly been unable to maintain peace in the world; they had failed miserably at their duty and job, and not surprisingly, after the Second World War the League of Nations was not re-established. Another organisation, called the UN was established after World War Two, and by learning from the mistakes of the League, they have been able to prevent a major world war until today.