Compare and contrast the failures and successes of the League of Nations

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The main goal of the League of Nations was to enhance global harmony and peaceful relations between the nations. The 1920s was a time of great turmoil as illustrated by the First World War. After that conflict, it was only sensible that a global body be formed to prevent a repeat of such again. Instead of always resorting to warfare, the League of Nations advocated for more peaceful methods of conflict resolution through negotiations and mediation. Therefore, the best way for the organization to categorize a success was whether peaceful relations were established after a given conflict or not. The sad tale on the League of Nations is that it faded before it even blossomed. This discussion will focus on comparison and contrast, on the success and failures of the League of Nations.
The first success of the League was the settlement of conflicts, especially amongst smaller states. In the beginning, the League had successful operations. One of the main reasons for the formation of the League was to stop international conflicts. Aland islands is a collection of over 6,000 islands in the Baltic sea found between Sweden and Finland. Most of these islanders are Swedish-speaking. When imperial Russia colonized Finland, it included these islands in the grand Duchy of Finland. When Finland got independence in 1917, it announced the islands as part of their nation, even though the islanders wanted to get back to Sweden.
The issue was investigated and brought to the League by the British government. Finland was asked by the league council but said this was an internal matter, and it could handle it. The League created a nonpartisan commission to investigate the issue, and they came up with an affirmative response. In 1921, the League announced its decision, that the islands would remain to be part of Finland but with guaranteed protection of the islanders. Sweden was a bit reluctant about the agreement, but this was the first success the league council achieved (Taubenfeld 2017, p.22). The conflict was resolved quite amicably.
There was a series of border wars between Bulgaria and Greece. Greece released its army to go and cross the border. Bulgaria government ordered their troop only to take token resistance. Their minimal resistance was with the belief that the League will solve the dispute. This invasion caused the displacement of over ten thousand people from the border. The League intervened, and it condemned Greece for this invasion and ordered Greece government to compensate. This was an excellent achievement in solving territorial disputes. From conventional war-threatening conflicts presented to the association, the League formed the Kellogg-Briand pact, which outlawed war.
Its second success was the settling of the prisoners of war. In the early 1920s, thousands of prisoners of war during the war between Russia and central Europe had not been settled. To rectify the issue, humanitarian initiatives followed spearheaded by the League of nations and with the additional help of the red cross. In less than two years, more 427,886 people were settled. Kozma (2016, p.42) noted that it was to reinforce the importance gained on ...