The League's Other Work

The League of Nations had set itself a wider task than simply waiting for disputes ot arise and hoping to solve them. Through its commissions or committees, the League aimed to fight poverty, disease and injustice all over the world. The image on the right shows a Greek refugee settlement.

Lessons & Resources » To What Extent was the League of Nations a Success?

• Political Cartoon Interpretation
• The Background to the League of Nations
• The Aims and Membership of the League
• The Structure and Organisation of the League of Nations
• The Strengths and Weaknesses of the League
• The Border Disputes of the 1920s
• Disarmament and the International Treaties
• The Economic Depression and the work of the League
• The Manchurian Crisis
• Mussolini and Abyssinia