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A League of Nations mandate represented a legal status under international law for specific territories following World War I, involving the transfer of control from one nation to another.
Mandate, an authorization granted by the League of Nations to a member nation to govern a former German or Turkish colony. After the defeat of Germany and Ottoman Turkey in World War I, their colonies, which were judged not yet ready to govern themselves, were distributed among the victorious Allied powers.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 12, 2017 · The League of Nations was an international diplomatic group developed after World War I as a way to solve disputes between countries before they erupted into open warfare.
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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.
The League of Nations (1920 – 1946) was the first intergovernmental organization established “to promote international cooperation and to achieve international peace and security”. It is often referred to as the “predecessor” of the United Nations.
Mandate, an authorization granted by the League of Nations to a member nation to govern a former German or Turkish colony. After the defeat of Germany and Ottoman Turkey in World War I, their colonies, which were judged not yet ready to govern themselves, were distributed among the victorious Allied powers.