4. Why did the League fail in its aim to facilitate global disarmament?
The League was bound to pursue international disarmament through Article 8 of its covenant. The members of the League recognise that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and the enforcement by common action of international obligations… Pressure grew in the 1930s for countries to disarm; Germany in particular was unhappy that it was...