Abyssinian crisis ⇒ Damaged the global confidence in the League for good. Leak of Hoare-Laval Pact details ⇒ damaged its reputation. ⇒ Furthermore ⇒ failure to impose sanctions on Italy decisively ⇒ led to the Italian takeover of Abyssinia. As a result ⇒ Hitler was convinced that the League would not be able to hinder Germany’s plan of expansion
Midst of Abyssinian Crisis ⇒ German troops marched into the Rhineland in march 1936. ⇒ this was an act against TOV ⇒ but league did nothing to stop it.
Nov 1936 ⇒ Italy and Germany signed an agreement ⇒ called Rome-Berlin Axis ⇒ which league could do nothing about
its lack of authority in enforcing peacekeeping measures ⇒ resulted in collapse of collective security. ⇒ this eroded its credibility and showed its ineffectiveness in resolving conflicts and maintaining world peace.