1. The League needed to show a strong response to aggressors, but didn't have the strength to do it. None of the members wanted to risk the lives of their troops after WWI.
2. Ambitious members (e.g. Mussolini) weren't dealt with strongly enough.
3. Too many members didn't keep to the Covenant. When they were challenged, they simply left the League, e.g. Germany and Japan in 1933, Italy in 1937.
4. Instead of cooperation, the League let the old system of alliances creep back, even between members.
5. The Manchurian crisis was a turning point - the League failed to resist Japan. After that, countries began to increase their armed forces - they had lost faith in the League and expected war.
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