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- 1. an association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote international cooperation and achieve international peace and security. It was powerless to stop Italian, German, and Japanese expansionism leading to World War II and was replaced by the United Nations in 1945.
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- League of Nations, an organization for international cooperation established on January 10, 1920, at the initiative of the victorious Allied powers at the end of World War I.
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Apr 26, 2024 · League of Nations, an organization for international cooperation established on January 10, 1920, at the initiative of the victorious Allied powers at the end of World War I. British troops passing through the ruins of Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, September 29, 1918.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The League of Nations (French: Société des Nations [sɔsjete de nɑsjɔ̃]) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War.
Oct 12, 2017 · The League of Nations was an international diplomatic group created after World War I to resolve disputes between countries and prevent war. Learn about its origins, achievements, challenges and legacy in this article.
- Joshua Mapes
Sep 22, 2010 · The League of Nations was an international organization designed to ensure that war would never again engulf the world, through collective security and disarmament, and by settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration.
The League of Nations was an international organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference in 1919–1920. The League's goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global welfare.
