No matter what efforts were attempted, the aggression of Germany in Europe and Japan in the Pacific Ocean and the then-American territory of Hawaii exploded into the official beginning of World War II in 1941. Strangely enough, it is fair to make the argument that one of the events which drove Hitler to push Germany deeper and deeper into war, despite being advised to the contrary, was the humiliation of having to cater to the peace movement that culminated after World War I and led to the birth of the League; this is not to say that the League actually caused additional war, however.
Upon the conclusion of World War II, after the death of Hitler and defeat of Germany and Japan respectively, the world once again in 1945 found itself repeating where it had been immediately after World War I. Whether the popular opinion that the League of Nations was antiquated became popular, or people simply sought a change of direction in world affairs because of the emotional, physical and financial exhaustion of yet another horrible war, the League of Nations was ultimately reborn in the form of the United Nations in 1945 and early 1946, the name which remains today.
The United Nations, as we will now discuss, still reflects back upon its ancestor, the League of Nations, and a world faced with major wars once again seeks relief and peace, truly proving the adage about history repeating itself, which itself has been repeated again and again.
Modern Day Reflection upon the League of Nations
On September 12, 2001, in the aftermath of what is still the worst single terrorist attack perpetrated not only on American soil but arguably anywhere on earth, President George W. Bush stood before international media in order to speak on the tragic events that had unfolded over the last 24 hours, but more importantly, the world stood by to hear what the leader of the most powerful nation on earth would do in response to what was essentially an undeclared act of war by an invisible...
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