<P> The World Disarmament Conference was convened by the League of Nations in Geneva in 1932 , with representatives from 60 states . A one - year moratorium on the expansion of armaments , later extended by a few months , was proposed at the start of the conference . The Disarmament Commission obtained initial agreement from France , Italy , Spain , Japan , and Britain to limit the size of their navies . The Kellogg -- Briand Pact , facilitated by the commission in 1928 , failed in its objective of outlawing war . Ultimately , the Commission failed to halt the military build - up by Germany , Italy , Spain and Japan during the 1930s . The League was mostly silent in the face of major events leading to the Second World War , such as Hitler 's remilitarisation of the Rhineland , occupation of the Sudetenland and Anschluss of Austria , which had been forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles . In fact , League members themselves re-armed . In 1933 , Japan simply withdrew from the League rather than submit to its judgement , as did Germany the same year ( using the failure of the World Disarmament Conference to agree to arms parity between France and Germany as a pretext ) , Italy and Spain in 1937 . The final significant act of the League was to expel the Soviet Union in December 1939 after it invaded Finland . </P>
<P> The World Disarmament Conference was convened by the League of Nations in Geneva in 1932 , with representatives from 60 states . A one - year moratorium on the expansion of armaments , later extended by a few months , was proposed at the start of the conference . The Disarmament Commission obtained initial agreement from France , Italy , Spain , Japan , and Britain to limit the size of their navies . The Kellogg -- Briand Pact , facilitated by the commission in 1928 , failed in its objective of outlawing war . Ultimately , the Commission failed to halt the military build - up by Germany , Italy , Spain and Japan during the 1930s . The League was mostly silent in the face of major events leading to the Second World War , such as Hitler 's remilitarisation of the Rhineland , occupation of the Sudetenland and Anschluss of Austria , which had been forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles . In fact , League members themselves re-armed . In 1933 , Japan simply withdrew from the League rather than submit to its judgement , as did Germany the same year ( using the failure of the World Disarmament Conference to agree to arms parity between France and Germany as a pretext ) , Italy and Spain in 1937 . The final significant act of the League was to expel the Soviet Union in December 1939 after it invaded Finland . </P>
when did germany quit the league of nations
when did germany quit the league of nations
1933
1933