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The League of Nations were an influential part to stop world war for 32 years. Created in 1919, League of Nations was created to ensure that there would be no more global wars and no more turmoil between countries. Headquarters were in Geneva, Switzerland. The committee chose Switzerland because they were not involved in WW1 and was considered a neutral country.The League of Nations could take three actions to address a situation. One was to sit down and try to resolve the situation. This session would be done in league parliament in Geneva. If that didn't work and countries are not agreeing or cooperating, than they will be penalized by economic sanctions and could lead to bankruptcy. If the countries ignore that, then they will take it to physical actions. League of Nations would send in military and be forced to agree to the leagues conditions. There was one problem. They didn't have a military. The only hope that they had was to ask the most powerful countries apart of the committee. France and Great Britain had the largest army, but didn't have enough soldiers and was falling into financial problems. The creator of the League of Nations was U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. although he created it, he wasn't a part of it. America was the most powerful country on the planet at that time.Also, they didn't need any help and was very isolated from Europe. Germany was not allowed to join because they had started the war. According to the Treaty of Versailles, they were not invited. The Russian Federation could not join because they are a communist country. In addition, their royal family, the Romanovs were murdered in WW1. They thought they were in too much turmoil and didn't want their problems in their organization. the League would have great success for controlling locations such as Åaland islands that was between Finland and Sweden, they also had success in Upper Silicia, Lithuania, Turkey, Greece, and Bulgaria. in 1923-­1925. Their social successes were digging wells and providing care in third world countries in locations such as Africa and Asia.]