Did the League of Nations meet its goals?

There were many effects of the League of Nations failures. First, small nations soon learned that they could not expect protection from the League of Nations and that aggressive totalitarian states could act without consequence. Second, the League of Nations inability to act and their slowness made the League appear incompetent, scared and ineffective. Third, by the 1930s, the four major powers - Japan, Italy, Britain and France - all betrayed the League's goals. Fourth, because Britain and France knew the League could not stop aggressive nations, they instead followed the policy of appeasement or giving Hitler what he wanted to stop Germany from going to war. This policy allowed Hitler to quickly advance with his plans.

The League of Nations had several goals, including disarmament, negotiating to settle disputes between countries, improving global welfare, and using collective security and diplomacy to prevent war. The Paris Peace Conference spurred the creation of the League of Nations.