The League of Nations was an international organization founded in 1920 with the primary goal of supporting world peace and promoting security collective. This was based on the idea that if one of the League's member countries was invaded, the other countries would stand together against the aggressor. The League achieved a number of successes, including the resolution of the Aaland Islands dispute between Sweden and Finland, as well as failures, such as the Corfu Incident between Greece and Italy. The main reason why Japan conquered Manchuria was because it did not want to fall victim to it. to the vast European empires of the time and be conquered. Instead, it sought to be on par with major European nations such as Britain and France. As a result, he sought to expand his empire and already in 1876 took control of Korea. In 1931, Japan invaded China's northeastern region, Manchuria. Manchuria was rich in resources and shared borders with Russia and Mongolia. Since both Japan and China were members of the League, China turned to the League for support and collective security. However, 20th century China was a country in decline and was not considered a great country globally. In contrast, Japan was seen as the most powerful member of the League in the Far East and a permanent member of the League sitting on the League Council – which had full authority to make decisions, while China did not. There are several reasons why the League of Nations was unable to prevent Japan from conquering Manchuria. First, most of the respected countries in the League were powerful European nations such as Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany. Since the League did not have its own army, in the event of war an army would be raised from its member countries. If the war was... the focus of the card... Japan's use of force and simply not having confidence in going to war with Japan. Therefore, since these permanent members of the League had no interest in stopping Japan, the League did nothing. Furthermore, powerful countries including the USA and the USSR were not part of the League and this greatly reduced the League's authority. Ultimately, the only action taken by the League, the Lytton Committee and the Report, bore no fruit and exposed the League's vulnerability to the world. As the Italian Prime Minister said: "The League is very well when the sparrows cry, but it is not at all good when the eagles fall." During the 1920s, the League was successful in resolving minor disputes between relatively small countries. However, since the crisis in Manchuria involved Japan, a great power, the League was powerless against it and was unable to prevent Japan from taking control of Manchuria..