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League of Nations

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Organization

The Resume

    (June 28, 1919-April 18, 1946)
    Born in Versailles, France
    Created by the Treaty of Versailles ending World War I
    Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland
    42 founding members
    21 nations joined later
    By the start of World War II, 15 member nations had withdrawn and three had ceased to exist

Why League of Nations might be annoying:

    Foretelling future problems, its members never agreed on a League flag or logo.
    It attempted to adopt Esperanto as its working language.
    It was ineffectual in the face of aggression by the future Axis powers, such as Japan's seizure of Manchuria (1931), Italy's invasion of Ethiopia (1935) and Germany's annexation of Austria and the Czech Sudetenland (1938).
    Since the United States never joined, it was unable to make economic sanctions effective.
    It rarely took military action, with British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin noting, 'There was no country except the aggressor country that was ready for war.'

Why League of Nations might not be annoying:

    It settled territorial disputes between Albania and Yugoslavia, Greece and Bulgaria, and Sweden and Finland.
    Its Health Committee prevented a typhus epidemic from spreading from the USSR to Europe.
    Its Commission for Refugees resettled hundreds of thousands of people stranded by shifting borders after WWI.
    Its more successful bodies, such as the International Labor Organization, were transferred to the United Nations.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 22 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 81.48% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 26 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 83 Votes: 75.90% Annoying