Italian and Greek Aggression in the early 1920s.

The League of Nations did many things to sully its reputation. One of these was the Corfu incident, which took place in 1923. Corfu is an island off the coast of Greece. In 1923, an Italian general, Tellini, was assassinated by Greek partisans while on an assignment from the League of Nations. Benito Mussolini, the leader of Italy, was furious and blamed Greece. He sent in parts of his army to invade and occupy Corfu, under the …

…Corfu incident led countries to believe that they could get away with small acts of naughtiness. Countries knew they could invade other countries and get away with it. The League would not impose sanctions, and would only condemn the nation, which was little more than saying they were naughty and pleading for them to stop. Obviously this wasn't effective, and many small countries had skirmishes with their neighbors. The League was seen as a failure.