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"Back inthe day, the UN voted against getting involved in putting a stop to Hitler's sweep across Europe"
er...the UN wasn't formed until October 1945.
The League of Nations, it's predecessor, formed after WW1, sought to preserve peace through collective action, but as WW2 unfurled it became clear that the League had failed in its chief aim of keeping the peace. It had no military power of it's own like the UN does today. It depended on its members' contributions; and its members were not willing to use sanctions, economic or military. Moral authority was insufficient.