Topic > ||||The League of Nations in the 1920s The League of Nations was an organization created after the First World War, which many different countries joined. The main objectives were to maintain peace, prevent war and improve working conditions and wages in member states. In the 1920s I think the League was quite successful, because it managed to prevent any major wars and improved working conditions. So they largely succeeded in achieving their goals. One of the League's main goals was to stop the war. This goal was achieved quite well, as there were no major outbreaks of war in the 1920s. The main war they managed to prevent was called the Aaland Islands dispute. This was between Wseeden and Finland. The two countries were fighting to claim the Aaland Islands, located between the two countries. One of the unresolved controversies was the one called the Corfu incident. It was then that a group of Italian ambassadors were killed on the border with Greece. The Italians wanted compensation for the loss of their people, but the Greeks wanted the League's help. In the end the Greeks had to pay the Italian compensation. The League's second goal was to maintain existing borders between nations. This meant that no country could be merged together to form a new one, and no existing country could be made smaller. One problem was that some countries kept to themselves and did not get involved in other countries' problems. Even if a country needed it. Third, the League's goal was to maintain the independence of member countries. No country had more power than another, nor could it interfere with other countries without first being approached. After World War I, some new countries were formed. Poland is an example. Poland came from a land that was once Russia. After the war it was decided that Poland would remain an independent country. The League's fourth major objective was to convince members to accept
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