... were left defenceless and became preoccupied by other powers. These nations realised they could no longer look to the league for security. Aggressors, on the other hand, kept their stolen territory and faced no penalty and this encouraged them to take further aggressive actions. These leaders felt that they could escape punishment and get what they wanted. Nationalists like Hitler were encouraged to accelerate aggression. The greed of these leaders could have led to a war. The weaknesses of Britain and France were exposed as they were too consumed in their own affairs. Britain concentrated on building their British Empire and the French on guaranteeing protection from German attack. With Britain and France preoccupied with their own problems they were reluctant to help any other nations that didn't concern them. The league was effectively destroyed as a peace keeping organisation and its credibility was destroyed. People knew peace had been ...

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